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 12 S. IX. SEPT. 24, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 251 BURBRIDGE : BURBIDGE (see 5 S. iii. 229, 395). This surname occurs in the fourteenth century as Burbrigge, which indicates the origin as Boroughbridge (Yorks). There was a family cle Burghbrigg or Pontesburgh in the thirteenth century. Whilst the name may be confused with Burbidge these two surnames are really dis- tinct as the original forms of Burbidge are | Burbage, Burbach (also in Germany). Burbage Wilts and Leicester gave rise j to this surname. The place-name Burbeach also occurs in the Fens ; a similar name in Germany is Beurberiche, of which the Eng- lish Burberidge may be a form. I do- not know the meaning of this latter German word. The surname Burbridge is not widely distributed, occurring in Huntingdon- shire, Surrey, Kent and several surburban districts of London. An American family has been established in Virginia and Ken- tucky since about 1760. Correspondence will be esteemed by C. E. BURBRIDGE. Box 586, Cumberland, B.C., Canada. MRS. SHERWOOD. Did a lady of this name write, some time in the middle of last century, books for soldiers' children and about life in the married quarters of a regiment ? If so, what are the titles of the books ; when were j they written ; what regiment was her hus- band in ; and where and when did she gain her experience of army life ? MAZINGARBE. [Can our correspondent be thinking of the author of ' The Fairchild Family ' ? Mary Martha Sherwood, nee Butt (1.775-1851), was married to Captain Henry Sherwood of the 53rd j Foot, and went with him and the regiment to India in 1804. She had already written two tales. ! Her best known Indian book is ' Little Henry and his Bearer,' comuosed in 1814 but read through- out 1 lu- century, ^t was translated into French in 1820 and about a hundred editions of it appeared between that date and 1884. It was translated into Hindustani, Chinese and Cingalese. An account of Mrs. Sherwood is in the ' D.N.B.' The principal authority for her biography is the ' Life ' (published in 1854), by Mrs. Kelly.] WHEATLEY'S ' LONDON CRIES.' Have the buildings shown in the backgrounds of Wheatley's ' London Cries ' been identified ? J. ARDAGH. BENARD-GREYN. Where is this locality, 'given as the habitat of Coniza minima (Puli- caria vulgaris, Gaertn.) by Matthias L'Obel in hi* ' Stirpium Adversaria Nova,' 1570, p. 145 ? Is it Barnard or Baynard's Castle ? j J. ARDAGH. TALLEYRAND AT KENSINGTON. In Faulk- ner's ' History of Kensington,' 1820, pp. 400-401, it is stated that Talleyrand, during his residence in 1793 in Kensington Square, lived in the house at the south-east corner of the square, formerly inhabited by Arch- bishop Hering. In Loftie's 'Kensington,' p. 119, it is stated that Talleyrand lived in the house now Nos. 36 and 37. These houses are in the north-western corner of the square. Which house did he really live in ? M. T. FORTESCUE. MOTTOES : ORIGIN SOUGHT. Can any of your readers inform me if the following mottoes are quoted from any classical or medieval author or whence they are. de- rived ? 1. Iniusti iusta querela. 2. Mea sic mihi. 3. Dolor est medecina ed tori (? dolori) M. T. FORTESCUE. CHARLES II. AND BARBARA VILLIERS. Can anyone tell me where and when King Charles the Second first met Barbara Villiers (Lady Castlemaine) ? As he is said to have passed the first night of his return to England in her company, had he made her acquaintance either in France or Holland during his years of exile ? ARTHUR IRWIN DASENT. BURNING TOWER CREST. Can anyone tell me what family used as crest a demi-lion issuant from a burning tower ? It occurs as a book-stamp of about the middle of the last century. H. J. B. CLEMENTS. AUTHOR WANTED. I should be glad to know the author of the lines : " At length when the candles burn low in their sockets, Up gets William Smith with his hands in his pock< ts On a course of morality fearlessly enters With all the opinions of all the Dissenters." William Smith was Member for the City of Xorwich, 1802-1830, and became the leading advocate of the Dissenters in the House of Commons. JOHN PATCHING. Lewes. REFERENCE WANTED. From what poem are- the following lines (attributed to Henley) 'i " Antic in girlish broideries And skirts, and silly shoes with straps, And a broad-ribanded leghorn, he walks." W. H. G.