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68 NOTES AND QUERIES. [i 2 s.ix. ju L v 23, 1921. 26, Smithfield), 'The History of Smithfield,' by Thomas Gaspey, appeared in green paper covers at 6d., or bound in blue cloth, title gilt, at 1s. Its pagination is, frontispiece, title (verso blank), and text, pp. 1-99 (advt. on p. 100). 12mo. The paper-cover issue is rather fuller; the text extends to pp. 104; a list of contents and engravings is provided on pp. iii. and iv. A small folding picture plan, 'A map of Smithfield and its Neighbourhood in the Time of Elizabeth about the Year 1563,' is given in both issues and the text is identical, with the exception of the omissions noted. To illustrate the comprehensiveness of this little work I transcribe the contents:—

Chap. I. Smithfield in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries Its origin Used as a place of execution Origin of Bartholomew Fair Meeting of the rebels in Smithfield Death of Wat Tyler.

Chap. II. History of St. Bartholomew's Hospital Sketch of the life of Bahere Execu- tion of Bradley for heresy. Chap. III. Burning of " the Witch of Eye " Trial of John Lambert His execution. Chap. IV. Martyrdom of Ann Askew, John Adams, John Lacels, and Nicholas Beleman in Smithfield. Chap. V. Smithfield in the sixteenth century Its increasing importance. Chap. VI. Smithfield in the seventeenth century Disorders in Bartholomew Fair Dura- tion of the fair limited to three days. Chap. VII. Christ's Hospital Its origin Bishop Ridley His efforts for its establishment. Chap. VIII. -Endowment of Christ's Hospital Death of its royal founder Rebuilt in 1675 Its description. Chap. IX. Appearance of Smithfield during Bartholomew Fair Endeavours to remove it Some account of the Court of Pie Poudre. Chap. X. Form of Proclamation for opening the fair Present appearance of Smithfield Its supply Concluding remarks. There are omissions from the list of topics and the author % has only endeavoured to write a popular resume, but the book has a distinct interest and it would be an advantage for some one to attempt a volume on the same comprehensive plan. ALECK ABRAHAMS. LONG MARRIED LIFE. Edward Anderson, of Glanton, Northumberland, born 1611, died November, 1719, aged 108 years. Jane, his wife, died January, 1719, aged 100 years, having been married to her husband 83 years. She died the same day on which they were married, viz., the Epiphanj^. Is nob this something of a record ? JAMES SETON-AXDERSON. 39, Carlisle Road, Hove, Sussex. CHARLES X. AS A PIONEER OF ENGLISH HORSE-RACING IN FRANCE. It is not generally known that King Charles X., when Comte d'Artois, was the earliest regular purchaser of English race -horses in France, and his subsequent most for- midable rival was the father of the future Louis Philippe, ' Hoi des Frangais.' Frederic Masson, in his chapter ' Les Courses en France,' in the volume ' Jadis ' (Paiis, Ollendorff, 1905), says : Les premieres ecuries qu'oii voit paraitre sont celles d'abord du comte d'Artois et du due de Chartres. . . . Les couleurs du comte d'Artois sont vert pomme galonne de rose, du due de Chartres noir galonn6 de rose. . . A Fontainbleau, aux courses du 1 3 novembre (1776), le comte d'Artois a paye 1,700 louis le cheval qui doit porter ses couleurs King Pippin, par Turf et Cygnet. Le due de Chartres n'a paye un moindre prix son champion Gloiu Worm, un produit de 1'immortel Eclipse. Les paris sont ouyerts et le notaire Clos Dufresnoy a deja 3,800 louis de consignes, compris le petit ecu que Louis XVI. risque sur King Pippin. Le grand jour arrive. Dans le pavilion de la Reine, une grande table est servie, couverte d'une ample collation, au pillage d'une troupe de jeunes gens indignement vetus et faisant un bruit a ne pas s'entendre. Le comte d'Artois court du haut en bas, se desolant quand il perd, se livrant a des joies pitoyables quand il gagne, s'elancant dans la foule du peuple pour aller encourager '* ses postilions ou jaquets " et il presente a la Reine celui qui a gagne une course. Mais c'est le jockey de Gloio Worm qu'il presente, car King Pippin est outrageusement battu. The Due de Chartres, who afterwards became the revolutionary Due d'Orleans (Philippe Egalite), was subsequently the bitterest enemy of both the Comte d'Artois and the unfortunate Louis XVI., and after the Revolution of 1830, Charles X. had to leave France to make way for his son, the Orleanist King Louis Philippe. ANDREW DE TERNANT. 36, Somerleyton Road, Brixton, S.W. MARRIAGES (sfee 12 S. v. 262 ; viii. 188, 367, 468). In continuation of my Notes at the above references, the following may be found useful : At Quebec, 1687, Antoine de la Mothe (born 1661), Sieur de Cadillac, married Maria A., dau. of Denis Guy on. At Montreal, 1745, Joseph Couloii, son of Nicolas Coulon, Sieur de Villiers, married Anne, dau. of Jean P. Soumande. At New York, 1651, Augustine Herman, married Jane Varlett. At New York, 1686, John Archer, married Sarah Odell. JAMES SETON-ANDERSON. 39, Carlisle Road, Hove, Sussex.