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Jan. 17, 1827), second son of William Buckle of the Middle Temple, D.L. for Gloucester, buried at Chaceley in that county May, 1784. Is anything known about the parents of Elizabeth Castle or her parents ?

H. PlRIE-GORDON. 20 Warwick Gardens, Kensington, W.14.

REV. GEORGE BARCLAY, M.A. King's Coll., Aberdeen, 1677 ; rector of Mordington, co. Berwick, 1682 ; deprived as a non- juror May 6, 1689 ; died Feb. 6, 1724, in Edin- burgh. His daughter Cecilia (b. Dee. 31, 1689, d. Nov. 29, 1775) married Arthur Irvine, factor to Irvine of Drum, co. Aber- deen. Her portrait exists. Who were George Barclay's parents ? Who was his

Wife ? H. PlRIE-GORDON.

WILD BOAR IN HERALDRY. I have read somewhere (in one of the old heraldic writers, I think), that the wild boar had a habit of rubbing its sides against the trunks of trees in order to enhance its courage or to thicken its skin. Hence the frequent appearance of a tree on shields where the wild boar forms the principle charge. Can any one supply the reference ? H. F. WILSON.

199 Spring Bank, Hull.

JOHN BLAKE. Information is requested about John Blake who married about 1760 Agnes, daughter of Robert Beadon of Oak- ford near Dulverton, co. Somerset, and sister of Richard Beadon, Bishop of Bath and Wells. She does not appear to have been married at Oakford, or at the adjacent parish of Brushford where her father at one time resided. John Blake was probably a Somerset or Devonshire man.

H. C. BARNARD.

The Warren, Burnham, Somerset.

THE TURKS AND THE CALIPHATE. Will some contributor kindly inform me as to whether there has ever been a Turk in the line of Caliphs ?

KATHLEEN A. N. WARD.

Cairnbinn, Whitehouse, co. Antrim.

CRYSTAL STANDING SALTS. At 12 S. vi. 157 MR. F. BRADBURY quotes Pepys' entry in 1661 describing a salt-cellar (seen by him at Portsmouth) which was intended for presentation to the Queen of Charles II. From Pepys' description this was exactly like a salt-cellar belonging to the Goldsmith's Company (dated 1693), illustrated (p. 216) in ' Chats on Old Silver,' by E. L. Lowe (now out of print and superseded by a book bearing the same title by Arthur Hayden). Can

anyone tell me the marks on that said to- belong to the Goldsmiths' Company and that said to be preserved in the Tower ? Mr. Timbrell the anchor-smith may have been related to Mr. Timbrell the silversmith who made much plate for the king and for the city companies.

W. F. JOHN TIMBRELL. j Coddington Rectory, Chester.

CLERK OF THE CROWN IN THE NORTHERN" COUNTIES. In Doncaster Church, Yorkshire, is the following epitaph :

" Here lyeth the Body of Richard Flower, late- of Impton in the County of Radnor, Esqr., who- was Clerk of the Crowne in the Northern Countyes, and heere ended his circuit the- xim. Day of Aprill, 1662." What were the duties of this man ? Who were his predecessors and successors ?

J. W. F.

GRIFFITHS RHYS. The aforesaid was author of a volume of poems issued probably thirty or forty years ago by Low & Co. Particulars re birth, &c., will oblige.

ANEURIN WILLIAMS.

Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon.

MAJOR NICHOLL. The 'D.N.B.' states that Major-General Sir Robert Nickle, who died at Melbourne in 1855 while commanding the forces in Australia was the son of Major Nicholl, 17th Dragoons, who changed his name to Nickle. I have searched ther rolls of the 17th Lancers but am unable to discover his name. Can any reader give any particulars about Major Nicholl ? What regiment did he belong to ? What were the dates of his birth and death ? Whom did he marry ? Who were his father and mother ? C. McGRiGOR.

20 Evelyn Gardens, South Kensington.

JOSEPH LEE. I am interested in the life and work of Joseph Lee, enamel-painter to the Princess Charlotte, and (in 1832) to the Duke of Sussex. He was born on Jan. 16, 1780 (younger son of John Lee of Islington, by Rachel, nee Oldroyd), and died at Gravesend, Dec. 26, 1859. According to Graves, he exhibited twenty-seven enamels at the Royal Academy and two at Suffolk Street, between the years 1809 and 1853.

Up to the present I have been unable to locate more than seven enamels and two water-colours, which are certainly his work. These include specimens in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Wallace Collection, Windsor Castle Library, and sundry private collec- tions.