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 12 s. viii. JAN. is, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 55 which pass through the village every hour in the day from the Elephant and. Castle, Xewington Butts.... The academies of Streatham and its vicinage have long been reputed as first-class seminaries, and some of them occupy situations of great beauty." Hambley House Academy was situated on the High Road facing the west side of Streatham Common occupying the land between the present No. 412 and Barrow Road. RORY FLETCHER. MODE OF CONCLUDING LETTERS (2 S. x. 326, 376, 434, 501). The following ex- amples, from Parr's 'Life of Usher,' 1686, cover a period of almost half-a-century : "Oo-draros, Jac. TJsseriiis, 1607, 1611. Ever at your service, Edward Warren, 1610. Wishing unto you as unto mine own self, James Usber, 1611. Yours as his own, Thomas Lydiat, 1611. Yours in all Christian Affection, James Usher, 1613. Yours ever to his Power in the Lord, H. Briggs, Yours ,yery loving in the Lord, Tobias Ebora- censis, 1616. Yours to be commanded in all Christian Duties, Thomas Lydyat, 1616, 1617. Yours in Christ, William Crashaw, 1617(?). Your poor Friend, Edward Warren, 1617. Your assured loving Friend, Samuel Ward, 1613. Your truly affectionate and faithful Friend, Henry Bourgchier, 1617. Y"our true affectionate Friend, while I am Henry Bourgchier, 1617. Your most assured loving Friend and Brother, James Usher, 1617, 1619. Your most loving and firm Friend, Id., 1615. Your true and devoted Friend, William Camden, 1618. Your unfeigned Well-wilier, Alexander Cook, 1614. To Usher when Bishop o/ Meath. Your Lordships to be commanded in the Lord, ^Thomas Gataker, 1621. Y. L. most affectionate to love and serve you, William Boswel, 1621 (from Westminster Colledge). Y. L. to be commanded [Sir] Henry Spelman, 1621. Y. L. humble Servant, J. Selden/1621. Y. L. constant and assured and to be ever com- manded [Sir] Robert Cotton, 1622 (New Exchange). Y. L,. in all service, Sanmel Ward, 1622. Y. L. in nil duty, Thomas James, 1623. Y. L. in all observance, Samuel Ward, 1624, 1626. Y. L. in all practice, Id., 1624 (Much-mondon and Cambridge). Y'. L. humble Servant to his Power, Abraham Wheelock, 1625 (Clare-Hall). To Usher when Archbishop of Armagh. Your Grace's in all Duty, Thomas James, 1625. Your Lordships in what he may, Samuel Ward, ^Earnestly desirous to be directed by your Lord- ship, or confirmed in the Truth, John Cotton, I 1626. (This letter was written from Boston in Lincolnshire ; and seven years later the writer of it-went to Boston, New England.) Y. L. ever obliged, Ralph Skynner, 1624 (Wal- thamstow). Y. L. for ever, Samuel Ward, 1626. Y. L. poor welwiller, A. Cook, 1626. Your Graces in all Duty to be commanded, Thomas Davis, 1627 (Aleppo). Your Lordships ever truly assured, to honour and serve you, J. King, 1628 (Layfield). A Servant thereof [i.e., of your Grace] most bound and devoted [Sir] Henry Spelman, 1628 (Barbacan). Your Lordships unfeignedly to command, Geo. Hakewill, 1628 (Exeter Coll.). Whose faithful Servant I remain Jo. Prideaux, 1628. Your Graces faithful Servant, Jo. Philpot, 1629 (Dublin). Your Graces loving poor Friend, and Brother, Guil. London [Laud], 1629. Your Lordships most engaged Servant, Ger Langbaine, 1647 (Queen's Coll.). Yours hi the Lord ; Yours, to use, in the Lord ; Yours to command in what I may, Thorn. Wh alley, 1653(?). RICHARD H. THORNTON. Portland, Oregon. ORDERS AND ORDINANCES OF THE HOS- PITALS (12 S. viii. 5). A good example of the 1552 edition, produced by Rycharde Grafton, abides in the Guildhad Library. It is some years since I handled it, but speaking from memory it is distinctly an original impression rather than a reprint. The size is small octavo, signatures A 1 - to J 8 - in eights, unpaged, black letter. Likely places in which to find other issues, or reprints, would be the Bishopsgate Institute and St. Bride's Institute. The. very limited demand will explain the small number printed, and great rarity of these early official publications. One of the surest clues as to precise age lies in the paper (and watermarks, if any). Both paper and press -work in Pepys's time had begun their downward grade. It will be noticed, by close observation, that paper, used for official city publications, in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, if not specially white in tone, was of good honest rag substance, with ample tub size. Hence the longevity of exemplars. For instance, compare other issues of the kind, to be found at the Guildhall : " Decree for tythes to bee payed. lohn Wolfe, 1596." 8vo. Black letter. " General matters, 1600." 8vo. Black letter. " Order of my Lord Maior, Alderman and Sheriffes for meetinges and ... .apparel through- out the yere. lohn Windet, 1604." 8vo. Black letter. " Lawes of the market. W m Jaggard, 1620." 8vo. Black letter.