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their elections, but were not allowed to sit, wer excluded from the House of Commons."

Dr. Gardiner has already pointed out (* Hist of England,' new edit. vol. vi. p. 34) that this i inaccurate as to Sir William Fleetwood, who "had not sat in the last Parliament, but in th Parliament of 1624. He was found ineligible for th shrievalty, and was neither a sheriff nor a niembe of the Commons in 1626."

His disqualification for the office of sheriff arose, it may be assumed, from the fact tha he had already served as Sheriff of Bucks s< recently as 1622-3, and therefore could no be compelled to act again at so early a date But Forster's statement is also parti v in accurate as to Phillips and Seymour/ wh< were certainly nominated sheriffs of Somerse and Wilts respectively, but, so far as I am able to trace, never stood for election to thif Parliament. The only one of the seven ex members of the House who carried his election was Sir Edward Coke, who was returned for Norfolk. It was at first thought that, as his shrievalty was for another county, he was not disqualified from sitting. The question was raised in the House and discussed, but never decided. The ex-Chief Justice sat in the House for a few days at the commencement of the Parliament, but withdrew when the question of the legality of his election was .discussed and he never returned until re- . elected in the next Parliament. I may add that Forster's statement as to the constituen- cies represented by the most prominent members of the Parliament of 1626 is not always to be relied upon. W. D. PINK. Lowton, Newton-le-Willows.

BISHOP WESTCOTT AND VIVISECTION. Readers of the published life of this great thinker will look in vain for information as to his views on vivisection. As they were very pronounced, it surely is a pity no men- tion was made on a subject upon which he made a decided stand.

STAPLETON MARTIN. The Firs, Norton, Worcester.

" SACCAWINKEE." This is the name given in many natural histories to the daintiest of Guiana monkeys. In Stedman's ' Surinam,' 1796, vol. ii. pp. 12-13, there is a very curious statement made about it :

"Of the long-haired monkies the saccawinkee is the smallest ...... So very delicate is the saccawinkee,

and so sensible of the cold, that scarcely one of them is brought to Europe alive, and if they are very soon pine and die. The Dutch call them

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the shaganntee [sic] from their being chagrined at the smallest trifle."

This alleged shagarintee would be a gain to our vocabulary, especially if we could extend

it to persons who are too easily chagrined, as well as monkeys ; but unfortunately it seems to be a mere figment, a unique piece of " popular etymology." I have been unable to find it in any Dutch author. The Dutch name for this pretty animal is sagwijntje, which (like the English saccawinkee) is derived by means of a diminutive termination from the well-known zoological term saguin, ulti- mately of Brazilian origin.

JAS. PLATT, Jun.

DON HE AD ST. MARY. John Fessard, Fesard or Fezard, who entered Winchester College at the age of twelve from Tisbury in 1533, was Fellow of Exeter in 1543, M.A. in 1554, and rector of Donhead St. Mary in 1555 or 1558. (He was also vicar of Tisbury.) He was de- prived of his rectory, and succeeded in 1565 by Nicholas Rogers. This latter fact, sup- ported elsewhere, is given by Gee, in his ' Elizabethan Clergy,' at p. 292. However, on p. 284 he says that Roger Bolbelt [this man was afterwards a Jesuit, as appears from Foley's 'Records S.J.'] was deprived of this rectory, and succeeded in 1564 by W. Moseley. The present rector, Canon Short, tells me that his " list of rectors does not recognize Roger Bolbelt, John Fesard, or W. Moseley." I should be obliged if any of your readers could tell me in what cure Roger Bolbelt (or Bob- bett) was succeeded by W. Moseley. Perhaps it was in the living of Donhead St. Andrew. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

SHAKESPEARES AT ROMFORD, ESSEX, 1637- 1689. Mr. Walter Rye sends me these three entries from the Romford register : " 18 May 1637. Wlm Shakspurre, son of Samuel." "30 Aug. 1667- An Shackspur, dau. of Samuel." "2 Jan. 1689. Samuell Shakspeare of Harrolds- vvoode & Judith dau. of John Reynolds of Cocknell reen (married)."

In the Literary Supplement to the Times of 7 August I printed a list of twelve entries f Shaksperes in Campton (or Camelton), Beds, running from 1575 to 1654.

F. J. FURNIVALL.

"SQUIRE GAWKIE." If the following re- erence to ' Roderick Random,' which occurs n * Glasgow Past and Present,' ii. 38, has not reviously been noted, it may be worth while o put it on record :

At this time [c. 1770] the Magistracy of Glasgow vas a powerful compact body, acting almost always n unison; and being mostly wealthy men, they pos- essed great influence both as individuals and as

'ublic functionaries James Buchanan, Esq., was

t this time Provost of Glasgow. This gentleman ot the nickname of 'Provost Cheeks,' and was upposed to have been the original of Squire Gawkie

n ' Roderick Random.

THOMAS BAYNE.