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the exact date of the marriage and where it took place ? The ceremony was not per- formed at Winchester Cathedral or at Droxford Church ; neither was it at St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, or St. James's, Olerkenwell, with both of which churches Walton was intimately connected. It is very possible, however, that it took place in London, as there is no doubt that Walton spent a part, at any rate, of 1676 in the metropolis. W. COTJBTHOPE FOBMAN.

Compton Down. Cotnpton, near Winchester.

" HOBSELEPEBDE." Can any of your readers throw light on the meaning of the word " Horseleperde,' which occurs in the ham (or Pewsham) ' of A.D. 1300 ? The perambulations are given in The Wiltshire Archceological Magazine, vol. iv., p. 206 (1858). If any one can quote other instances of the word, or can identify four other points in these perambulations the bridge of Sam- born, the bridge of Fynnam, the house of Home, and the ash of Lacock I should be glad to be informed, directly or in the columns of ' N. & Q.' O. G. S. CBAWFOBD.
 * Perambulations of the Forest of Chippen-

Tan House, Donnington, Newbury.

COLLINGWOOD AND LAWSON. Alexander Collingwood of Little Ryle (b. 1666, d. Jan. 3, and bur. Jan. 7, 1746, at Whittinghame), who built the house of Unthank, and served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1725. He married Dorothy Lawson. I shall be grateful for any information as to the par- entage and ancestry of Dorothy Lawson.

H. PlBIE-GOBDON. 20 Warwick Gardens, Kensington, W.14.

CHBISTMAS CABOL : OBTGIN WANTED. Can any of your readers throw light on the origin of a Christmas carol which begins :

To-morrow shall be mv dancing day. It is included in Mr. A. H. Bullen's ' Christ- mas Garland,' but his account of its origin does not go further than saying that it was one of an issue of broadsheets.

(Mrs.) GEOBGINA WILSON.

14 College, Worcester.

FLETCHEB OF MADELEY AND NOBTH WALES. When reading a short account of the life of this wonderful man the other day I was surprised to find that he was " or- dained priest " by the Bishop of Bangor in 1757. Could any one who has access to a detailed account of Fletcher's life let me know whether his ordination meant any ministerial connexion with the diocese of Bangor ? T. LLECHID JONES.

Llysfaen Rectory, Colwyn Bay.

CISTEBCIAN OBDEB. I want to get together materials for a history of the Cistercian Order in England. I shall be glad of help as to the sources of information concerning the Order, beside, of course, Dugdale's ' Monasticon,' Tanner's ' Notitia Monastica,' and the proceedings of the various archaeological societies, though particular reference to these would be welcome.

H. P. HABT.

The Vicarage, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds.

' Swiss FAMILY ROBINSON.' I should be glad to get information regarding the first edition of this book in English. I fancy it was published under the title of ' The Family Robinson Crusoe,' translated from the German of M. Wiss.

PBESCOTT Row.

The Old House, Waddon. Surrey.

MEDIAEVAL IMMTJBEMENT. G. F. Nicolai, in his ' Biology of War ' (Eng. trans., p. 105), writes :

''During the whole of the Middle Ages almost all European nations used to wall up a livjnor heing in a newly-huilt building, in order that his soul might become its guardian spirit."

Can any reader refer me to discussions of this (books and periodical, any chief language) ? LAU-DZA.

DANVEBS FAMILY. I would like very much to know, for historical purposes, who represents the Danvers family of baronets. There was a Sir John Danvers in the early nineteenth century.

DAVID Ross McCoBD.

MoCord National Museum. Montreal.

ELMES FAMILY. Information desired as to present whereabouts of MB. HILL- BATHGATE'S MS. (dated 1653), referred to at 8 S. i. 495. E. H. ELMES.

18 Homesgarth, Letchworth, Herts.

LONGWOBTH CASTLE, HEBEFOBDSHIBE. Does this castle still exist and are any records available ?

A. W. WALLIS-TAYLEB.

GBAFTON, OXON. In what part is this situated and where are its historical records to be found ? A. W. WALLIS-TAYLEB.

THE LOG HOUSE. Is it known that the inhabitants of the British Isles at any time, at least since the fifteenth century, built dwellings or forts (the latter called block houses) by placing logs horizontally in the form of a square and notching them together at the corners in the style of Scandinavia and North America ? H. C. MEBCEB.