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and both left their mark in local place-names. It may be that the infusion of Scandinavian blood helped to produce in South Wales those hardy Cape Horn sailors about whom Mr. Bullen has written.

ALEX. G. MOFFAT. Swansea.

SIR T. BODLEY (9 th S. x. 207). I have just been reading a transcript of the will of Sir Thomas Bodley, in 'which he men- tions many relations, but the only nephews (brother's sons) referred to are the four sons of Miles Bodley : Miles, John, Laurence, and Thomas. Miles Bodley, their father, was rector of Bluntisham, Hunts, and died in 1694 (Foster's 'Alumn. Ox.'). One of the sons, Laurence, was rector of Clist Hydon, Devon, 1631-3, and Canon of Exeter, 1633-4. He appears to have died about 1634. Lau- rence, brother of Sir Thomas, was not a knight ; he was rector of four different parishes in Devon and Somerset, and a Canon of Wells and of Exeter. He does not appear to have had any children, and was probably not married. I am aware that this is not a reply to E. R.'s question, but it may help to narrow his researches.

I see it stated in the Connoisseur for Sep- tember that Sir Thos. Bodley "left not a penny to his own relatives or to his wife's family." This is certainly not the case, as his will contains legacies to his four nephews mentioned above, to his brothers Laurence and Josias, to his sister " Prothasy " and her son, and to the children of several of his other sisters, besides his late wife's daughter, Elizabeth, Lady Winwood. The will is an interesting one ; has it ever been published ? H. J. B. CLEMENTS.

Killadoon, Celbndge.

'N. & Q.,' 6 th S. ii. 423, contains a long article headed ' The Descendants of Sir Thomas Bodley's Sister,' and in the subse- quent volume another on 'The Supposed Daughter of Sir Thomas Bodley,' which may be of assistance to your correspondent.

EVBRARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

BEADS IN THE EAST (9 th S. x. 190). Lane, 'Modern Egyptians,' i. 110 (third edition, 1842), describes the Mohammedan rosary as consisting of ninety-nine beads, with a mark between each thirty-three, and as used to count the repetitions of the phrases "The perfection of God," " Praise be to- God," and " God is most great." Although the use of the rosary, both among Christians and Moham- medans, originated in connexion with acts

of religion, beads are largely used in the Levant without any religious purpose, merely to provide something for the fingers to do. In ' Murray's Handbook for Greece,' Introduc- tion, p. cvii (sixth edition, 1896), it is said : " The Turkish custom of carrying the comboloio or Moslem rosary constantly in the hand, and pass- ing the beads at every leisure moment, prevails all over the Levant, and even extends as far north as Roumania. In the provincial towns of Roumania a lady going out to spend the day with a friend takes her comboloio, as a matter of course, just in the same way as an English lady might take a piece of work or a fan. In Greece the comboloio is a frequent distraction of the male sex ; but its use is a mere restless habit, and is in no way connected with any religious- observance, as among the Latins."

Probably the rosaries in which all the beads are alike are made for this sort of amusement, not for a religious use. I have often noticed, during a visit to Greece, men fingering their beads, but not whether all the beads were alike. J. F. R.

Godalming.

The Japanese, Cmnese, Hindus, the Lamas of Thibet, and all Islam have their praying beads, or, as the Christian term has it, their rosaries, which are made of all kinds of material aloes, coral, veined marble, agate, seeds and fruitstones, wood polished and unpolished, especially sandal wood, &c. Among Mohammedans a string of ninety-nine beads represents the ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah (see Sir Edwin Arnold's ' Pearls of the Faith,' where these names are enumerated). For illustrations of curious Eastern rosaries, see the Queen newspaper of 19 March, 1898.

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

ROBERT PAGET (9 th S. x. 209). Alderman Robert Paget, Sheriff of London in 1536, married Grace, daughter of John Farringdon, of Farringdon, co. Devon, by Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Wilford, of Oxton, co. Devon. Grace married secondly, in July, 1542, Sir William Sherrington, of Lacock Abbey, co. Wilts. Alderman Paget died in January, 1541/2, leaving issue James and Anne.

James Paget, son and heir of Alderman Robert Paget, married (1) Olive, sister of the before-mentioned Sir William Sherrington ; (2) Bridget, daughter of John Mille, of South- ampton ; and (3) Barbara, daughter of Andrew Foster, of North Baddesley, co. Hants. His first wife died before 1550, without issue. By his second wife he had an only daughter, Dowsabel, married (1) William Paulet (died January, 1595/6), of Paul tons, co. Hants, and (2) John More (died 1620), of North Baddesley, co. Hants, by both of whom,