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 398 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. VEIL MAY 14, 1921. 'THE MERMAID AT HER TOILET' (12 S. ! viii. 309). At Wootton-under-Edge, Glou- j cestershire, there is a brass to Lord Berkeley, ! dated 1392. The knight is wearing a collar I of mermaids. This gives a date for the use ! of this device, but probably it can be traced much farther back. WALTER E. GAWTHORP. HUNGER STRIKE IN THE FOURTEENTH | CENTURY (12 S. viii. 293, 354). In vol. i. of Pike's ' History of Crime in England,' at p. 211, will be found a translation of the j extract from Rymer's ' Fcedera,' vi. 13, j set out nearly in full. Pike suggests that fraud on the part of Cecilia Rygeway's gaolers may account for her prolonged period without food. J. M. O. JOHN PYM (12 S. viii. 308). Wymondley ! House is quite a modern building, it is therefore quite impossible to suppose that John Pym, the Parliamentary statesman, ever lived there. Clutterbuck, in his ' History of the County of Hertford,' does not even mention the place. The ' Victoria History ' describes it as " a square modern residence," which quite coincides with my remembrance of the place when, years ago, I was at school there. There was, however, another John Pym of Little Wymondley, who was living in 1735. He was a grandson of William Pym, a London merchant, of St. Martin's- in-the-Fields, who died in 1673. It is quite possible that this John Pym may have lived at Wymondley House. The Pym pedigree is to be found in Clutterbuck's ' History,' vol. iii., p. 545. HELLIER GOSSELIN. Bengeo Hall, Hertford. WINE NAMES (12 S. viii. 332). Hender- son's ' Ancient and Modern Wines ' and Redding' s ' Modern Wines ' give some of the wine names quoted. Sercial comes from Madeira, of a vine which will only succeed on particular spots. When new it is harsh and requires to be kept a great length of time before it is thoroughly mellowed, of full body and aromatic flavour, j Frontignac is a French red wine, very little made, and expensive, similar to Lunel both Muscadine wines, luscious, spirituous and sweet, the latter the lighter of the two. Leoville, from the Medoc country, is an inferior wine, but if kept five or six years in wood attains a good character. Rota is a medicinal wine from Oporto to which brandy is added previous to exportation. | Sitges is a white wine of Majorca, of choice quality, but does not keep well ; Termo, a dry white wine from Portugal, of good quality when not spoiled by brandy. Tinto is a French wine, and Tintilla a Spanish wine. I cannot find Tinta or Vin de Vierge, ARCHIBALD SPARKE. PAUL LUCAS : His ' JOURNEY THROUGH ASIA MINOR' (12 S. viii. 348). The first edition of his account of his first journey was published in Paris in 1704. The first edition of his second journey in 1712, and the account of his third journey was pub- lished at Rouen in 1719. All editions were published in French. H. H. Paul Lucas was born at Rouen in 1664 and died at Madrid in 1737. He visited Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, Egypt, &c., in search of antiquities, and in connexion with the buying and selling of jewelry and objets d'art. His first work was ' Voyage du Sieur P. Lucas au Levant ; on y trouvera entr'autre une description de la Haute Egypte, suivant le cours du Nil, depuis le Caire jusqu'aux Cataractes ; avec une Carte exacte de ce fleuve.' The date of this is given in the British Museum Catalogue as 1705, and in ' Nouveau Larousse Illustre/ as 1704. In 1710 he published 'Voyage dans la Grece, 1'Asie Mineure, la Macedoine et 1'Afrique,' and in 1719 ' Voyage dans la Turquie, 1'Asie, la Syrie, la Palestine, la haute et basse Egypte. ' The British Museum Catalogue does not mention any English translation of the above works. ARCHIBALD SPARKE. COLLET FAMILY (12 S. viii. 360). With reference to the request of H. C. at the above reference for information concerning the Collet family, I hope the following may be found useful. In ' Letter Books of the City ' it is recorded that Thomas Collet, Draper, in 1462 requested permission to marry Petronilla, the daughter of Robert Stocker, Draper. Thomas Collet was ap- parently one of the City apprentices, and so had to get the consent of the Corporation before marriage. According to Sharpe (in ' London and the Kingdom ') Henry Collet was Dean of St. Paul's, Alderman of the City for Far- ringdon and later of Castle Baynard and Cornhill Wards; Sheriff, 1477; Mayor, 1486, and died 1505. But this does not quite correspond with Beaven's ' Aldermen