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 12 S.VIIJ.MABCH 12, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 211 INSCRIPTION ON CLARET-JUG. Can any reader throw light on the origin of the following inscription, which was engraved on a glass claret - j ug : "No Jews Lord Egmont for ever " ? B. SIR HANS SLOANE'S BLOOMSBURY HOUSE. Can any reader kindly inform me exactly where Sir Hans Sloane's Bloomsbury house was ? Various authorities locate him in Great Russell Street, the ' D.N.B.' in Bloomsbury Square, and Edmund Howard, who helped to move his collection to Chelsea, says Little Russell Street. It must have been a large house, as it contained an enormous museum of " gimcracks," besides about 50,000 books. R. B. GHOST STORY.' -Can any one tell me the name of the writer of an old novel of this title, by the author of 'The Green Hand,' 'The Two Frigates,' &c., published by James Blackwood & Co. (no date). There is little or no actual haunting in it, some occasional vagueness of style, but clever -characterization and a certain consecutive interest. R. M. CHERRY ORCHARDS OF KENT. It is said that these were first planted around Sitting- bourne by one of Henry the Eight's gar- deners. Is this correct ? J. ARDAGH. EPITAPHS DESIRED. I am anxious to obtain the following epitaphs : William Billinge (1791), Longnor, Staffs, and George Rowleigh, watchmaker, Lydford Chyd. Devon. J. ARDAGH. SHAKESPEARE : PRONUNCIATION OF NAME - In his article on Master John Bretch girdle, MR. FRIPP writes (p. 148) : " Symons always spells Shakespeare in M own fashion Shakspeyr and pronounced it a we do now." It would be interesting to know MR. FRIPP' s grounds for the latter statement. Othe spellings are Shackspere, Shaxper, Shagspere (in the marriage bond), Shaxpur. Sir Sidney Lee says the commonest form was Shaxpeare. All these point to Shack a. the pronunciation of the first syllable. Al the spellings, before the date of the play and poems, are compatible with this pro nunciatkm, and many are incompatible wit] Shake. I do not think there is room fo doubt how Stratford pronounced the nam subject to fresh evidence that MR. FRIP may have to produce. GEORGE HOOKHAM. LONDON SOCIETY IN 1747. I should like o be referred to printed contemporary ources, such as diaries, letters, &c., which vould assist in identifying persons going bout in the best social circles, or attending Ranelagh and Vauxhall in 1747. Walpole's Letters ' have been used. R. S. B. JOHN HANDS. He travelled in India as a missionary about one hundred years ago. Are his travels described anywhere, or is here any record of his having acted as haplain to H.M. 84th Regt. ? MAZINGARBE. GASTON DE Foix. What relation, if any, vas Gaston de Foix, 1391, author of the Livre de la Chasse ' (which was rendered nto English as " Master of Game " by the 3uke of York who was killed at Agincourt), Gaston de Foix, who won and was killed at the battle of Ravenna in 1512 : and to Catherine de Foix who married Jean d'Albret, and was ancestress of Henri IV ? J. W. H. PLEES FAMILY. Particulars are desired concerning the careers of the three brothers lerein described. 1. Charles Gidley Plees, lieutenant, 34th Regt. of Native Infantry, or Chiracoli Light [nfantry ; born at St. Heliers, Jersey, Feb. 17, 1808 ; died at Bangalore, June 6, 1838. 2. Rev. Robert George Plees, of " An- sable Forks," co. Clinton, New York, in 1866 ; born in Tower Street, London, Aug. 4, 1813 ; married, but ob. s.p. 3. Rev. Henry Edward Plees of "The Carrying Place," co. of Prince Edward, Canada, in 1866 ; born at Canterbury Place, Walworth, Oct. 15, 1820 ; married, btit ob. s.p., at Kingston, Canada, Feb. 14, 1887. F. GORDON ROE. COBBOLD FAMILY. Does the following branch of the Suffolk Cobbolds still exist, and how was it connected to the parent stem ? Charles Cobbold, severally described as being of St. Peter's, Colchester (in marriage license, dated Oct. 16, 1815), of Blakenham, Suffolk (in Add. 19147), and of Ipswich (in M.I., &c.). Died in 1859, aged 66; buried in the Roe family tomb at Darmsden, near Ipswich. Married Ann(e), only dau. of Owen Roe, of Rose Hill, Ipswich. She died Nov. 29, 1851, aged 50, and was buried with her husband and parents. The follow- ing issue is recorded to my knowledge : Charles Owen Cobbold, died at Calcutta,
 * HlNCHBRIDGE HAUNTED ; A COUNTRY