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to this "smart saying," but does not mention the name of the man who thus contemptuously spoke of Heraldry which Planche himself considered the shorthand of history. R. S. B.

"NEW EXCHANGE," LONDON (12 S. vii. 371). This Exchange, originally known as " The Bursse of Britain " was built in 1608, and opened in 1609 by James I. It stood on part of the site of Durham House on the south side of the Strand, now occupied by houses Nos. 54 to 64. Coutts's Bank, before its removal to the north side of the Strand, being in the centre. The New Exchange was demolished in 1737.

Exeter Exchange stood on the site of Exeter House on the north side of the Strand ; its exact position may be seen in Ro^que's 'Survey,' 1746. It was cleared away in 1830. J. P. DE C.

This bazaar was erected in 1608 on the south side of the Strand directly facing what is now Bedford Street. James I. gave it the title of "Britain's Burse." Strype, bk. vi. p. 75, describes it as follows :

" In the place where certain old stables stood be- longing to this house (Durham House) is the New Exchange, being furnished with shops on both sides, the walls both below and above stairs, for milliners, sempstresses, and other trades that furnish dresses ; and is a place of great resort and trade for the nobility and gentry, and such as have occasion for such commodities."

It was taken down in 1737. For further particulars I would refer Miss GHATWIN to 'London, Past and Present,' by Wheatley and Cunningham. In that same work she will find a description of ' Exeter Change ' a later establishment of an analogous kind, which stood where Burleigh Street, Strand,

now is. WlLLOUGHBY MAYCOCK.

The "New Exchange " in the Strand is undoubtedly meant by this allusion ; the best summary of its history was provided by the late Dr. T. N. Brushfield, F.S.A., "Britain's Burse or the New Exchange," reprinted 1003 from the Journal of the British Archaeological Association. It was built, 1608, by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salis- bury, on the site of the stables of Durham House, and continued with more or less success until 1737, when shops and dwelling- houses were erected on the site (Mail land, p. 736). These still exist although s^adly mutilated and may be identified a* the premises on the south side of the Strand

west of Durham House Yard, formerly- occupied by Messrs. Coutts's Bank.

Exeter Change was an entirely different building although originating as one of the imitators that the success of the "New Exchange " late in the seventeenth century occasioned. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's allusion to the "New Exchange" just pre- dates its disreputable period. There is a view illustrating the boutiques or stalls of about this date in the illustrations to some periodical or novel as yet not identified. The title is 'The Unlucky Glance/ I am not familiar with any view of the exterior. ALECK ABRAHAMS.

R. D ALTON BABHAM (12 S. vii. 349). of the author of the ' Ingoldsby Legends,' matriculated at Oriel College on Mar. 12,. 1834, aged 18; B.A. 1838; Rector of Lolworth, co. Cambridge, 183975 ; and died Apr. 28, 1886. He wrote the 'Life and Letters of R. H. Barham ; with Selections from his Miscellaneous Poems,' 2 vols.-, 8vo, 1870 ; and the 'Life and Remains of Theo- dore Hook ' (his father's friend), 2 vols. ? . sm. 8vo, 1849. A. R. BAYLEY.
 * Richard Harris Dalton Barham, eldest son

Richard Harris Dalton Barham was the eldest son of the Rev. Richard Harris Barham, the author of the ' Ingoldsby Legends.' He was born at Westwell, Kent, October, 1815, and was educated at St.. Paul's School, London, and at Oriel Coll., Oxon., B.A. 1838. He was Rector of Lolworth, Cambs, from 1839-75. For the last twenty-three years of his life he lived at Dawlish, where" he died April 28, 1886.. He published the 'Life of T. E. Hook,' in 1849, and the 'Life and Letters' of his father in 1870. So far as I am aware no collected poems of his were ever published.. H. G. HARBISON.

R. Dalton Barham was the eldest, and sole surviving, son. of "Thomas Ingoldsby."

Richard Harris Dalton Barham, born in 1815, was for many years Rector of Lol- worth, near St. Ives (Hunts), and being' fragile in health retired to South Devon, dying at Dawlish on Apr. 28, 1886. He was- the author of a 'Life of Theodore Hook ' in 1848 : and of one of his father, Richard Harris Barham, in 1870 a later (and slightly altered) edition of which appeared in 1880.

Besides the fugitive pieces which appeared in Bentley's Miscellany the Rev. R. H. D..