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but the ' combination of the two puzzles your querist.

References to Muret- Sanders' 'Enzyklo- padisches Worterbuch ' and Meyer's * Con- versations-Lexicon ' have yielded negative results. In what way does " Kino " qualify "Eroffnungsfeier " ? C. H. B.

THE WEATHER IN 1639-40. Can any reader tell me where to find contemporary confirmation of the following statements of Peter Mundy, traveller :

"21 June, 1639. The River of Ex hath

his head in Exmore, where I was told thatt within these 3 or 4 daies ther Fell soe much snow thatt itt lay 2 or 3 Foote deepe, soe thatt Many sheepe perished thereby : straunge att this tyme off the yeare."

" Since my coming to G-ravesend [20 f-March, 1640] the winds have bin variable, contrary, much Frost, snow hard, the like seldome seene tt this tyme off the year."

L. M. ANSTEY.

WORKMAN. John and Caesar Workman were admitted to Westminster School in January, 1745. Particulars of their parent- age and careers are desired. G. F. R. B.

WILKES OR WILKS. I should bo glad to obtain any information about the following boys, w^ho were educated at Westminster School : -i 3

1. Henry Wilkes, admitted in July, 1777.

2. Hope Wilkes, admitted in January, 1752, aged 13.

3. John Wilkes, admitted in January, 1752, aged 14 ; and

4. John Wilks, admitted in March, 1784.

G. F. R. B.

THE HOROSCOPE OF JAMAICA. In "a letter written by the Bishop of Lincoln (Dr. Tenison) to John Evelyn, Oct. 8, 1692, dealing with various earthquake distur- bances, he quotes the following from Palmer's Almanack : "We wish well to the island of Jamaica, for if =*= be their horo- scope, it cannot be of pleasant consequence to that people." I quote from Evelyn's 'Diary and Correspondence,' vol. hi. p. 324 {"Bonn's Historical Library ").

What does =2= mean ? H. P. HART.

The Vicarage, Isworth, Bury St. Edmunds.

OWEN McSwiNY. Can any correspondent inform me who was Owen McSwiny, Esq., of whom I have a mezzotint portrait engraved in 1749 by Peter van Bleeck, after a picture by himself painted in 1737.

E. W. B. G.

CAPT. LACY. Can any reades give me information regarding Capt. Lacy ? He was the author of a book, ' The Modern Shooter,' published in 1862. The 'D.N.B.' does not mention him. S. P. KENNY.

THE HEDGES IN ENGLAND. A Feature of such Great Beauty ! Is there any record of when they first became the ordinary means of enclosure. Old pictures and prints would seem to point to the country being far more open in the daya, say, of the Charleses than it is now.

VIATOR.

THE MIRACULOUS HOST OF WILSNACK. In the ' Cambridge Modern History,' vol. i. p. 631, Dr. William Barry says of the great disciplinary reformer. Cardinal Nicholas of

Cusa (or Cusanus) :

" His next proceeding, an attempt to put down the pilgrimage to the ' Miraculous Host ' of Wilsnack, was the beginning of great troubles and met with no success."

This seems to have occurred in 1451. Where may an account of this pilgrimage be found ? Cusanus died in 1464.

J. B. McGovERN.

St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M-, Manchester.

ARDAGH FAMILY. Information is desired

about the following members : -

1346. Adam A., acting as attorney in con- junction with More for Taafe. John A., Bailiff of Drogheda.

1370. John and Robert A., tenants of Christ- church, Drogheda.

1415. Dame Marcia A.

15 . Henry A., Serjeant-at-Law, Dublin.

-T. ARDAGH.

^BURTON FAMILIES. (See 12 S. vi. 313). I should welcome elucidation of the follow- ing queries in regard to the Burton family of Wakefield, co. York, and its ancestry. Arthur Burton of Killinghall was baptized at Ripley Church, co. York, July 1, 1602 ; was married there to " Ursular " Dickinson, Dae. 3, 1627 ; and was buried there Dec. 30, 1673, having had seven children. Is any- thing known about his forbears ; was he connected in any way with the families whose trees are ^traced in the ' Visitations ' of that^shire *

5"^ John Burton (b. Sept. 6, 1628 ; d. Oct. 14, 1719), e. s. of the above Arthur, married and had issue. What was his wife's full name ? In a letter to her son, Capt. John Burton, she signs herself " Ellin Burton."