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Thomas Horsley, of Long Horsley, Knt. Mrs. Widdrington died 20 July, 1679, and was buried at Felton, but the parish register contains no record of her husband's burial. Their eldest son, Edward Widdrington, mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Caryll, third Viscount Molyneux (articles before marriage 24 June, 1687). Consequently, if Capt. Wid- drington did indeed fight at the Boyne, he must have been at that time a man in middle life and also had several grand- children. His will has not been found, but an administration of his personal estate was granted at Durham 8 June, 1699. The evi- dence is required for a pedigree of Widdring- ton of Felton, which I am attempting to construct for the next volume of the new 'History of Northumberland.'

J. C. HODGSON.

Alnwiok.

PAINTINGS AT BETHLEHEM. Wilkie has an interesting reference in his ' Journal ' to two paintings which he saw at Bethlehem. The passage is this :

" We then went down below to a grotto, where was the stable and the manger Here were two

Eictures, which Chateaubriand said were Murillos ; ut upon the slightest glance we were convinced they were no Murillos."

Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' say if the painter of these works has been identified ? W. B.

"KIT-CAT" PORTRAITS. What are these? Lord R. S. Gower constantly speaks of this species of portraiture in his 'Old Diaries,' 1902. The locution is embarrassing, not to say irritating, to a novice in such technical terms. J. B. McGovERN.

St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester.

[Less than half length, but including the hands ; for origin see 'N.E.D.' The phrase "Kit-Cat por- trait is in regular use.]

GEORGE KIRKE was admitted to West- minster School 28 September, 1784. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' help me to identify him ?

G. F. R B.

DANIOTTO. A portrait prefixed to the Giardino dei Pensieri ' of Francesco Marco- hm da Forli, 1784, is signed " Jos: Daniotto- tot. hoc opus, sculp." None of the illustra- tions of the book is signed. The name Daniotto does not appear in any biographical dictionary to which I have access. Who was he; and did he engrave the whole of the illustrations or the portrait only ?

XYLOGRAPHER.

CANTERBURY -Upon the presentation of the freedom of this city to Field-Marshal Earl Roberts and Major-General Sir J. D P

French, on Tuesday, August 26th, the Mayor (Mr. George Collard) referred to Canterbury as " the mother city of the English people." 1 should be glad to be informed as to the origin of this title. The oath taken by free- men is very quaint : they pledge themselves to be "obedient to the Mayor of this city for the time being," and are enjoined, " if they should know of any congregation, affinity, or assembly made against the King's Majesty's peace, to give timely notice to the Mayor."

SLEDGES. At Coniston, Lanes, sledges are used for bringing slate down from a quarry. The sledges produce regular undulations in the surface of the road, the distance from crest to crest being about three times the length of the sledge. Will readers kindly mention any localities with which they may be acquainted where sledges are employed (otherwise than on snow-covered roads), and state if they have observed such undula- tions? VAUGHAN CORNISH, D.Sc.

72, Princes Square, Bayswater, W.

PLACE-NAMES. Having sought in vain in Sir H. Maxwell's standard work on ' Scottish Land -names ' for explanations of the following place-names, may I apply to him, or to some other man of knowledge, for a little infor- mation ?

1. Garphar, near Straiton, in Ayrshire. Is this name Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, or what ?

2. Craigdasher, as spelt in Ordnance Survey map, and occasionally by local people Craig- daisher, a hill, or small mountain, near Car- lyle's Craigenputtock (" hill of the hawk "), in Upper Nithsdale.

3. Craigenvey, a place-name in the same part of Scotland, evidently Celtic, and per- haps derived from the raven.

It will be needless to refer to books one who lives in the wilds. G. T. D.

STONEX. Can any reader tell me the origin and locality of this name ?

F. TILNEY STONEX. 30, Lome Street, Chester.

THOMAS WAITE. In the ' Monumental Inscriptions in the West Indies ' appears the following notice : " Thomas Waite, Lord Pennant, Marshal of Jamaica, 1677-1712, son of the regicide." Can any one tell me if this is the family from which Waite and Cleaver Smith descended ? R. W. SMITH.

LETTRES DE CACHET. In 'The Guardian of Marie Antoinette,' lately published, the author speaks of lettres de cachet being an article of commerce, and of a supply being