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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vn. OCT. 2, 1920,

THE MAYFLOWER, : CHRISTOPHER JONES'S WIFE. The discovery of the entry in the register of Harwich Parish Church of the marriage of Christopher Jones, who is believed to have been the captain of the Mayflower, and Sara "Everitt," has been widely reported in the public press during the last few weeks. A facsimile of the marriage entry was produced in the illus- trated section (p. ii) of The Times weekly edition, of Sept. 17 last. An examination of the facsimile shows that the name of the woman to whom Christopher Jones was married on Dec. 27, 1593, was Sara Ewitt, possibly for Hewitt, and not Everitt. It seems worth while to correct this misreading at once. It is not by any means the only corrupt reading of the records relating to the Mayflower which have been published of late vears. W. FARRER.

Witherslack.

"PiN ONE'S FAITH." The earliest ex- ample in the 'N.E.D.' is taken from Cleve- land's Poems, 1651 :

I'le pin my faith on the Diurnalls sleeve. And about 1700 it got into 'The Dictionary of the Canting Crew.'

Humphrey Sydenham furnishes an ex- ample, 1636, in his sermon ad clerum on 'The Foolish Prophet,' p. 240 :

" And yet oftentimes we pin our Faith to the spirit of another, and so beleeve, and judge, arid live, and dye, and all upon his authority."

RICHARD H. THORNTON. Portland, Oregon.

THE "BARE OAK" AND BERKSHIRE. Abbot John, of Brompton in his ' Chronicle ' (Twysden, col. 801) says that " Baroc- fcchire" derived its name from a bare oak (nuda quercus) in Windsor Forest at which ! the shire -moots were held. This example of popular etymology is ignored by Skeat, who puts forward quite another derivation. But it is of interest to notice that there was a bare oak in the Forest district at which the hundred-moots took place ; at the Record Office is a roll for the year 1416 showing that the meetings for the " Seven Hundreds of Cookham and Bray " (other- wise, of Windsor) were held some at Beyndon Hill and others at Bare Oke (roll 154, no. 13). The hundreds were Cookham, Bray, Beyn- hurst, Ripplesmere, Wargrave, Sonning and Charlton, tithings from each attending the I views of frank-pledge. The seven hundreds had been but three in 1086, (or four, if Bray was a distinct hundred) and the

assessment was almost exactly 300 hides. Ii may safely be assumed that they constituted the "province of Sunninges " mentioned in. the foundation charter of Chertsey Abbey (666), and possibly the Fserpingas or Faerwingas of the "Tribal Hidage " occu- pied them. Beyndon Hill was in Maiden- head (Boyne Hill) ; but Bare Oak seems now unknown. J BROWNBILL.

(Qntntz.

We must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries,, in order that answers may be sent to them direet.

BERKELEY HOUSE, PICCADILLY. I should be grateful if any one could tell me where I can see a copy of Kip's engraving of old Berkeley House in Piccadilly ? It was. issued about 1690-91, and bears the arms of the Princess Anne and her Consort, the Prince of Denmark. It does not appear to be included in any of the bound volumes of Kip's views in the British Museum, but there may be a copy in some other public collection. I remember to have seen this- rare engraving some years ago in a sale at Sotheby's, but I cannot now trace it.

ARTHUR IRWIN DASENT.

10 South Street, Thurloe Square, S.W.

ROE ARMORIALS. Sir Frederick Adair Roe, Bart., of Brundish, co. Suffolk, bore the following coat and crest : arms Argent, on a chevron azure, between three trefoils, slipped per pale gules and vert, as many quatrefoils, or ; crest on a mount vert, a roebuck, statant guardant, gules, attired and hoofed or, between the attires a quatre- foil, or ; motto Tramite Recta [sic'}. I am interested to know whether these arms were- inherited by, or granted to, the baronet whose parents, and brother, and certain, other relatives are buried in Patcham Church, Sussex. His grandfather was Robert Roe, described by Burke as of Brynwith. co. Glamorgan, who married Esther, dau.,. and coheir of William Wraxall. Further- details of this family would be acceptable.

References to any unpublished or obscure- Roe, Rowe, Rooe or Roo armorials, whether granted or prescriptive, will be welcomed. I need hardly add that I am aware of the entries in Burko's 'General Armory. '

F. GORDON ROE..

Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, W.I.