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Greek. He appears to have been an intimate friend of the Haggerston family, as his poem of 'Petrarch to Laura' is dedicated to Lad Haggerston ; whilst ' Vanity of Fame ' and inscribed to Sir Carnaby Haggerston, Bart It seems a pity that no biographical details as to his family are given in the ' Dictionary, although doubtless the writer made an effor to obtain them. W. ROBERTS.
 * Pastoral,' written at school in 1775, are both

Carlton Villa, Klea Avenue, Clapham.

Miss MARIA LETITIA FIELD. The death on 13 January, of this lady, should be re- corded, as removing one of the last survivors of the little coterie which gathered round Charles Lamb. She was sister of his enthu- siastic friend Barren Field, and had many pleasant "Elia" reminiscences. Her death, at the age of ninety-two, took place at 18, Robertson Terrace, Hastings, in which town she had resided for many years.

EDWARD H. MARSHALL, M.A.

Hastings.

We must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct.

" CROZZIL." In 'K & Q.,' 7 th S. iii. 422, MR. S. O. ADDY uses this word as follows : " The spear-head bears marks of having been subjected to a hot fire, the point especially having been burnt to a crozzil" In Leigh's 'Cheshire Glossary '(1877) the word is written crossil, and explained as cinders, ashes "burnt to a crpssil" Is the word known south of Yorkshire ? Any quotation proving that the word was in use in the eighteenth century or earlier would be welcome.

THE EDITOR OF THE 'ENGLISH DIALECT DICTIONARY.'

The Clarendon Press, Oxford.

DALTON FAMILY. In the old parish church of Leatherhead, co. Surrey, are mural monu- ments to some members of this family of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Where did they come from ; which property did they hold in or near Leatherhead, and for how long a period ; are there any descendants now living, and where ? Any other information regard- ing this family will be most acceptable.

C. MASON.

29, Emperor's Gate, S.W.

"SCALINGA." This word occurs in monastic cnartularies ii> connexion with newly culti- vated or assarted land, as if synonymous with

ridding, assart, or rode-land. Does it refer to any clearing, or particularly to land brought under the plough upon a hillside, where the ground was ploughed into terraces, linces, or reans, as they are called in the north of Eng- land ; or is the word allied to the Gaelic shealing, Norse skaaling, Icelandic skyling, meaning a hut, shelter, or shed 1 Ducange, in voce ticalinga, Scalia, is not explicit.

W. FARRER. Marton House, near Skipton.

PORTRAITS OF CHRIST. Some little time since, in a letter not published, I called atten- tion to a series of ancient portraits of Christ reproduced in the Sketch newspaper (29 Sept., 1897), including one in my own possession, which I should judge from the lettering, &c., to be of the fifteenth century. I have since come upon an interesting article on these quaint panel paintings in the Archaeological Journal, vol. xxix., showing many copies to exist in England, the inscriptions all some- what to the same effect, but all slightly varying ; and on turning to vol. viii. p. 320, 6 June, 1851, I find in an account of anti- quities exhibited at a meeting of the Archaeo- logical Institute the following :

"Mr. Hart of Reigate, a small painting on panel, being a copy of an ancient portrait of our Saviour,
 * hus inscribed : ' This semilitude of ovr Sauiour

Christ lesus was found in Amarat and sent from ye Great Turke to Pope Innocent ye 8. to Redeeme lis Brother Which was taken Prisoner by ye Romans.'"

This corresponds word for word with the nscription on mine, and is the only one I lave met with that does so. Certain discre- pancies in the spelling might perhaps be iscribable to difficulty of decipherment. The rendering some of the letters more distinct, las unfortunately had the contrary effect on thers. Thus, Amerat might equally well read Amarat or Amurat ; but I distinguish plainly i instead of e in similitude. My nother picked up this panel at a London dealer's, perhaps between ten and twenty fears ago. Could it be identical with the me owned by Mr. Hart in 1851 ? I should eel greatly obliged for any information bear- ng on this point. ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.
 * reatment of mine with pumice powder, while

PLACE - NAMES TEMP. EDWARD I. AND IICHARD II. Can any reader identify the ollowing places, which are mentioned in ecords temp. Edward I. and Richard II. 1 Some of these places, I believe, are in the Sorth Riding of Yorkshire. Moriscum, ^opacik, Christianakelda, Hunkelby, Panes 'horp, Sutton in Hoilandia, Stakelden, Hesei,