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attire." E. F. Benson, in his 'Queer Lucia ' has rescued the phrase from oblivion but he spells the words, "hitem," "titem, 5 forms which give no clue to their meaning for I always understood the first to mear "in the height of fashion," and the seconc to indicate a well-fitting garment, while th third could be nothing but a worn-oui frock, suit or hat. Is there any connexior with the story of Cinderella and the prouc sisters ? L. M. ANSTEY.

PETER, JOHN AND WILLIAM FOULKES. Information concerning Peter Foulkes, D.D. John Foulkes, M.D., William Foulkes, A.M., all Canons of Christ Church, Oxon, woulc greatly oblige. The first named was attached to the famous Oxford College in 1724 or thereabouts, the latter two approximately in 1754. Was there any relationship between them ? ANEURIN WILLIAMS.

[A short account of Peter Foulkes will be foumi in the 'D.N.B.,' and part of his Latin verses on the Thornhill window in the Choir at Christ Church are given in Mr. Thompson's History of that College (College Histories, Oxford, Robinson) The whole are in Musce Angticanoe, vol. ii.]

MARY BOWMAN SWINDON : ANGELO (See 10 S. v. 287, 432). Is it possible that a corre- spondent can now furnish the baptismal register, or any account of the family, of this lady, born in or about 1759, and deceased in or about 1827, whom the once famous Henry Angelo, the fencer, married at St. Ann's, Soho, on Oct. 23, 1778? The parish register describes her as of the parish of West Aukland in the co. of Durham.

And may I repeat my query as to the place of burial of Henry Angelo 's more famous father Domenick, who died at Eton, July 11, 1802 ?

CHARLES SWYNNERTON.

JOHN WILLIAM ROSE AND CONTEM- PORARIES. I should be grateful for any information concerning John William Rose, "Eques," living in 1792, and of his con- temporaries in London, Michael Cromy, Frederick Andree, Joseph de la Nave, and Georgiana Riley. CHARLES SWYNNERTON.

WILLIAM BROWN, ADMIRAL IN THE SER- VICE OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. I shall be grateful for any information concerning him or his ancestry beyond the facts that he was born in 1777 in Ireland ; shipped as a cabin-boy; gravitated to England, where he married a lady of position ; went to South America, and joined insurgent Argentina ; became admiral ; beat the

Spaniards in 1814 and the Brazilians in 1826 ; died in 1857, and was buried in the Recolta Cemetery, Buenos Ayres, where there is a lofty column to his memory.

F. SYDNEY EDEN. Belle Vue House, Cooke Folly, Walthamstow.

PICTURE or OLD COVENT GARDEN : NAME OF OWNER WANTED. I should like to know who is the present owner of a picture of Old Covent Garden. Market, which was fully described by Austin Dobson, in C N. & Q.' 5 S. xii. 44l" (Dec. 6, 1879), under the title ' A Reputed Picture by Hogarth. ' The late Mr. Henry Graves ascribed the picture to Joseph Francis Nollekens (father of the sculptor). It was exhibited at Burlington House in 1880 and at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1888, as the' property 01 Messrs. Graves. HILDA F. FINBEEG.

GRANT OF KYLIEMORE AND THE YOUNG PRETENDER. A Highland lady hid Prince Charlie in her house which Cumberland's soldiers came to search. But for her courage and presence of mind, and the unconscious aid of her little daughter aged five, who kept the soldiers in one room for some time looking at her dancing, he would have been discovered. Can any reader inform me whether the lady was Mrs. Grant of Kyliemore, daughter-in-law of Grant of Arndilly, and the dancer the future wife of Duncan Grant of Mullochard and Lingie- stone, Provost of Forres, who died in 1800 at Bath ? G. D. MCGREGOR.

3 Carlton Hill, Exmouth.

HODGES FAMILY. Under ' Jottings from an old Colonial Newspaper ' ante p. 107 mention is made of a Mr. Hodges, a " Turkey merchant " whose coachman, opened the first London coffee-house.

Can any reader supply details of the history and pedigree of the family or families of Hodges in the early eighteenth and previous centuries ?

Their arms, granted by Camden, 1610, are : " Argent, three crescents sable, in a canton of the last a ducal coronet or." Motto: "Prsovisa mala periunt."

Do these crescents owe their origin to the Turkish trading relations of early members of the family ? R, C. HODGES.

Cleobury North, Bridgnorth, Salop.

CHARLES" CHURCHILL, THE POET. When

and where was he born ? According to the

Diet. Nat. Biog.,' x. 309, he was "born

n Vine Street [now called Romney Street],