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 12 s. vii. JULY 3, i92o.] NOTES AND QUERIES. Ely, on Sept. 8, 1454. In the accepted List of Bishops of Ross, we find that John II. was Bishop in 1420, Thomas Urquhart, Bishop in 1441, and Henry, Bishop in 1463. If the list is correct then there must have been two Richards, with Thomas Urquhart in between. Can any reader correct this complication, and give the surname of John, Henry or Richard ? I. F. ROBERT OWEN, DR. IN PHYSICK. I desire information of the above (probably identical with the Leyden student of similar names, " Anglus, Sept. 24, 1731 "), who married the 'daughter of John Douglas, surgeon (died 1743), in whose will, dated September, 1742, Owen (a legatee) is mentioned as " my good old friend Dr. Robert Owen, Dr. in Physick, of St. -Martin-in-the -Fields." He was living in July, 1743. GEORGE C. PEACHEY. LIEUT. -CoL. ABRAHAM STONEHAM, fifth son of Thompson Stoneham of Whitwells, Little Baddow, Essex; b. June 1, 1776, d. Apr. 23, 1851. He was in the service of the Hon. East India Company, Bengal. I have a copy of an inscription purporting to be in St. Jeter's Church, Newington, Surrey, but cannot identify this church or ascertain exactly where he was buried. He was plaqed on Retired List Apr. 1, 1829. I should be glad of any information about this officer in regard to marriage, issue, place and date of burial, and residence between 1829 and 1851. CHAS. E. STONEHAM. 4 Mandalay Road, Clapham Common, S.W.4. DINWIDDIE FAMILY. Can any reader of "* N. & Q.' give me any information about the family of Dinwiddie, together with the meaning of the name ? The first and last TKnwiddie that I know anything about was James Dinwiddie, born in 1750, and died in 1836. He married Sarah, daughter of I. Wilkinson, Esq., of Pool. They had an only child named Lydia Elizabeth who married Dr. E. Whittenbury of Liverpool. From a letter written in 1839 by the elder of the Cheeryble Brothers, (who figure in Dickens' s ' Nicholas Nickleby '), we learn that being out of work " my father applied to a Mr. Dinwiddie, a Scotch gentleman, who knew him in his prosperity, and Mill, near Bury. He agreed to give my father -employment and placed my brother James and acne in situations. ..." This Mr. Dinwiddie is the one mentioned above, having been identified by photographs.
 * who was a printer and manufacturer at Hampson
 * He lived at Pool, in Yorkshire, and dwelt

in a mansion called "Hospitality Hall." the name being derived, I think, from the generosity of Mr. Dinwiddie. Of this house I find no information at all, though I have a painting of it. RONALD DINWIDDIE WHITTENBURY KAYE. Newchurch, Culcheth, Near Warrington, Lanes. " GIANT MUCH." I should be very glad if any reader could give me a reference to the fairy (?) story in which " Giant Much" appears. JAMES SOWEBBY. Weir Cottage, Chertsey, Surrey. HORSE-BLOCKS. An old newspaper cut- ting with manuscript date, Apr. 26, 1744, reads : " Friday se'nnight the First Mile Stone from Shoreditch to Hodsden in Hertfordshire was fixed on that Road ; and Horse-blocks, which have been demolished some years are ordered to be again erected." Can any reader give, or tell me where I can find, further particulars of "horse- blocks " in the old coaching days ? H. D. " ANTIBURSCHIUS." What is the origin and derivation of this word, which is found in the mediaeval German students' song, ' Gaudeamus igitur ' : Pereat tristitia, pereant osores ; Pereat diabolus,quivis antiburschius atque irrisores! Does it occur elsewhere in medieval literature ? H. S. SQUIRRELL. 87 Devonshire Road, Ealing, W.13. ["Bursoh" is the classic term for a German student at a University. " Antiburschius " as a burlesque adjective would be an easy coinage. Can ' Gaudeamus igitur ' be traced back beyond the beginning of the 18th century?] THE REV. DR. EDERSHEIM. Where can I glean any biographical information con- cerning the eminent author of ' The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah ' ? Has his life been written and by whom ? The ' D.N.B.' ignores his existence ; Hyamson's ' Diet, of Universal Biography ' (1916), offers the single line " Austrian-English Biblical scholar, 1825-1889 " ; Boase's ' Modern English Biography ' (1892), supplies a little more information : " Edersheim, Rev. Alfred, educated at Univ. of Vienna and Berlin ; Ph.D. Kiel, 1855 ; D.D. New Coll., Edin. ; Hon. M.A. Oxon., 1881 ; M.A. by Decree of Convocation, 1883 ; ordained deacon and priest, 1875 ; 0. of Ch. Ch., Hants, 1875-6 ; V. of Loders, Dorset, 1876-1883 ; select preacher at Oxford, 1884-5 ; author of .... Pied Mentone, Mar. 16, 1889, aged 64."