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 136 NOTES AND QUERIES. [i2s.vn.Au G .u,i92o, reported upon as reasonable, and H.R.H. the Prince President was asked to express his opinion upon it. On Jan. 9, 1735/6 a letter was read from a Mr. P. Wilkinson " relating to the Savoy," saying that he could give much further insight into the matter than Mr. Lowndes, and the Committee was directed to receive proposals upon the subject. But no further mention occurs in the Minutes. ' Tt appears that a Mr. William Lowndes of Vmslow, Bucks, held in the reign of Anne the office of Auditor of the Land Revenue (in which the Savoy was vested), with reversion thereof to his nine sons, of whom Thomas Lowndes may have been one (seo my ' History of St.' George's Hospital,' p. 1 66). GEORGE C. PEACHEY. Ridge, Barnet, Herts. UNCOLLECTED KIPLING ITEMS : G. W. STKEVENS (12 S. vi. 178; vii. 78). The following copy of a cutting T have retained, fully dated, and taken from The Westminster Gazette is an interesting variant of the account already contributed by J. R. H. : MR. KIPLING AS JOURNALIST. HARD AT WORK AT BLOEMFONTEIN. Mr. Kipling is returning to his first love journalism. It is announced to-day by the Bkemfonlein correspondent of the Dally Mail that Mr. Kipling contributes four lines on Mr. Steevens to Saturday's ' Friend,' the new paper edited by correspondents with the Field-Marshal's forces. They lead an article on Steeven's death, reported by his friend Mr. Lionel James, and are as follows : G. W. STEEVENS. Through war and pestilence, red siege and fire, Silent and self-contained he drew his breath Brave, not for show of courage his desire Truth, as he saw it, even to the death. Mr. Kipling is hard at work at the Newspaper office, assisting to edit one of the most unique newspapers in the history of journalism. W. G.* 26/3/'00 WILLIAM R. POWER. ABBOT KEMEYS OF CEFN MABLEY (12 S. vii. 89). I had this same query in ' N. & Q.' forty-four years ago almost to the day, vi/., on Aug. 12, 1876, and received a reply from E. M. D., which perhaps at this dis- tance of time, and for MB. ANEURIN WILLIAMS'S benefit, you will kindly re- publish in ' N. & Q.' It was as follows : " The last Abbot of Bury St. Edmund's was John Reve, or Reeve, better known as John de Malford, from the place of his birth. He was ^Westminster Gazette . buried in, St. Mary's Church as the following: extract from the parish register shows: ' 1540,. Apryll-John Noell, otherwise Reve, late Abbot of Bury, seco'de day.' Weever in his 4 Funeral Monuments ' gives the Latin epitaph which was placed over his grave, but by mistake quotes- the name as Kemis instead^ of Revis, or Reves.- Probably your correspondent D.K.T; has been, misled by Weever. E.M.D." Like MR. ANEURIN WILLIAMS I was misled by Dinely's ' Itinerary Progress of Henry,. Duke of Beaufort through Wales in 1684,' and he no doubt had been misled by Weever ; and this I subsequently explained in ' N. & Q.' (See 5 S. vi. 128, 295, and 359.) D. K. T. BARR ( 12 S. vii. 1 10). Edward I's daughter Eleanor (1266-98) married Henry III, Count of Bar, in 1293. Bar-le-Duc is the ancient capital of the Duchy of Bar. A. R. BAYLEY. The following epitaph is or was in Hatfielda Church, Yorks. Here ley ye boddy of Tho. Barr, Kneyght. Who disseassyd the swynt nyght Of could monyth of Desembyr. As wel we remembyr One thusand fore hundrid and nyn. When ye be ded and laid in grafe As ye hafe don so sal ye hafe O prey for me to vergyn's son As I hafe for many dun* Yat I may come. . . . Then for This Sir Thomas Barre is said to have- married Elizabeth, sister of John Talbot,. first Earl of Shrewsbury (1442-53). J. W. F. GNATON (12 S. vii. 108). This is^ a misprint for Gunton near Norwich, the seat of Lord Sufneld. I remember hearing from his brother Major Harborcl of the unusually heavy cock pheasant that had, been shot there, although the precise date, I think, was not mentioned. It was weighed! (5 Ib. 15 oz.) by the late Admiral Sir Houston^ Stewart, and was reported in August 1875 to the Editor of The Field by " G. C. G." probably the late Rev. G. C. Green, Vicar of Modbury. As stated in my Handbook of British Birds (2nd ed. 1901) "The normal weight of an adult cock pheasant varies from 3 Ib. to 3| Ib.; a hen about 2|lb., but birds fattened on maize have been found to weigh upwards of 5 Ib." The bird now referred to was one- of three I then had in mind ; the others- being 5 Ib. 1 oz., and 5 Ib. 8 oz., the last named shot at Boddington Park, Nantwich.