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 16 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s.vm. JAN. 1,1921. THE TRAGEDY OF NEW ENGLAND (12 S. vii. 446, 493). The authorities for the note hereon are many and varied, but chiefly seventeenth and eighteenth century his- torians. Amongst others Speed's 'Views of the American Colonies'; Neale's 'His- tory (not of the Puritans, but) of New England,' and another author whose name is not given in the 'History ' (1708-41) which is dedicated to the Attorney-General of Barbadoes. In the preface it is declared that " there was no part of this history which had not been shown to persons who have lived in those parts of the world, and been approved by them." One of those who were largely responsible for the prosecutions for "witchcraft " was Cotton Mather, the son of a Lancashire man. His book on the ' Wonders of the Invisible World, with a further Account of the Trials of the New England Witches,' by Increase Mather over-confirms some of the things charged against the "witch" prosecutors, for where one author affirms that even a dog was' hung for "witchcraft," Cotton Mather says two were executed. Nothing was charged against the "Pil- grims " for their treatment of the native Indians, but in this matter the Duke de la Rochefoucauld's ' Travels in the United States ' (circa 1794) may be consulted ; and the speech of " Red Jacket," an Indian chief at an assembly of tribes at New York before General Knox the Governor; and for the names of the founders of the First Settle- ments of North America, and the dates thereof Guthrie's ' Grammar of Geography ' published in 1798. This book names nine- teen separate colonies founded in North America between 1608 and 1787. M. N. See Rufus M. Jones, ' The Quakers in the American Colonies' (Macmillan, 1911) for the persecution of the Quakers in New Eng- land, and also for the exile of Anne Hutchin- son and others from the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1 637 for their religious opinions. M. H. DODDS. Home House, Kell's Lane, Low Fell, Gateshead. MLLE. MEBCANDOTTI (12 S. vii. 448, 493). There is a good deal about Edward Hughes Ball Hughes and Maria Mercandotti, in 'The Beaux of the Regency' by Lewis Melville, 1908, which is well indexed. Facing p. 159 of vol. ii. is an etching by Richard Dighton (1819) of 'The Golden Ball. ' Hughes not only owned Oatlands, where the honeymoon was spent, but also "rented a mansion in Greenwich Park " where he and his wife "kept open house; but after a while there were quarrels, which led to a separation, and eventually a divorce. It is not clear, however, on which side was the fault." Hughes served for a short time in the army. He was commissioned a cornet in the 7th Light Dragoons, Aug. 28, 1817, and placed on half -pay Feb. 11, 1819. See Army List of 1834. ROBERT PIERPOINT. FRIDAY STREET (12 S. vii. 490). Stow in his 'Survey ' (1842 edn. at p. 131), dealing with the Friday Street in the City of London r says " so called of fishmongers dwelling there, and serving Friday's market/' Per- haps the other Friday Streets were also fish, markets. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGKT. According to Hare ('Walks in London,' vol. i. p. 185), Stow says that the metro- politan example gets its name from " Fish- mongers dwelling there and serving Friday's markets." ST. SWITHIN, Does not this name usually denote a fish market ? I fancy this is the case with the old Marche de Vendredi, at Antwerp - although nowadays it attracts because of the presence there of the Folk Lore Museum, with its interesting ancient domestic utensils,, &c. J. LANDFEAR LUCAS.. 101 Piccadilly, W. THE TALBOT INN, ASHBOURNE (12 S. vii. 350, 438, 515). The following additional information, also contributed to The Ash- bourne News, has reached me : "Mr. A. M. Wither, of Parr's Bank, Ashbourne,. informs us that the late Mr. W. R. Holland, who was admittedly an authority on local history, on, one occasion pointed out to him the premises next to the Town Hall, and formerly the offices of Messrs. Allsopp, the Burton brewers, as the old Talbot Inn, and there is certainly a good deal about the appearance of the building that suggests it may have been a hostelry at one time. So far. it will be seen, there are three opinions expressed as to the position of the Talbot. In his letter last week,. Mr. Twells referred to the late flev. Francis Jour- dain's contention that the inn occupied the site of the present Town Hall. We quote the following from the rev. gentleman's article on 'Ashbourne Signs : Ancient and Modern,' which appeared in. the 'Ashbourne Annual' of 1898: 'The Talbot stood in the Market Place, on the site of the present Town Hall. This reminds us of the Earls of Shrewsbury, who were once intimately con- nected with Ashbourne. In the Grammar School books the following entry occurs : '1614. Itni laid