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mansion at Standon, near Braughing, Herts, which remained practically intact, so far as regards its walls and roof, at the beginning of the last century, but was dismantled by the late R. Plomer Ward, of Gilston Park, who made use of the materials for the purpose of repairing the farm buildings at Gilston.

"Neare unto the faire builded mansion house of the said Ralph Sadleir [son of Sir Thomas]," says Weever, " some time stood a little religious fabricke of Austin Friers, but by whom founded or how endowed, I do not find. It was a cell to the priory of Clare in Suffolke. some part of which cell is standing at this day." ' Fun. Mon.,' p. 594.

This was written in 1631, during the life- time of Sir Ralph Sadleir. Are there any remains of this cell at the present day 1

JOHN HEBB.

MAGDEBURG LAW. Will some one kindly give me information about this system ? It appears to have provided for considerable freedom on the part of municipalities, and to have been adopted by towns outside the German-speaking countries in the Middle Ages. T. P. ARMSTRONG.

WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM AND NORFOLK. On 10 July, 1361, the king (Edward III.) presented William of Wykeham to the living and parish church of Pulham, co. Norfolk. Can any old Wykehamist tell me whether part of the present church at Pulham was built by him 1 There is a tradition that the porch was due to his generosity, but I do not know whether there is anything to support it beyond that.

FREDERICK T. HIBGAME.

" TABBY ALL OVER/' What is the meaning of this phrase 1

Tim (reads) : " I. Ward, at the Cat and Gridiron, Petticoat-Lane ; makes tahby all over for people inclin'd to be crooked : And if he was to have the universal world for making a pair of stays he could not put better stuff in them." Fbote, ' The Knights,' Act II.

ADRIAN WHEELER.

THOMAS SIBSON, ARTIST, 1817 - 44. I recently met with his 'Sketches of Expedi- tions from the Pickwick Club ' (Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1838), on tho cover of which is the announcement: "Shortly will appear Sibson's ' Sketches of Life and Humour.' " I shall be much obliged by the information whether this latter ever appeared, as I have never seen it in catalogues of second-hand books. U. V. W.

GIN- PALACES. There was a time when the drinking of gin became so common that many of the public drinking-places sold almost nothing else, and were filled within with

huge vats of gin, and were made outwardly very bright and attractive, so as to gain the name of "gin-palaces " (see, e.g., 'Sketches by Boz,' chap, xxii., and Cruikshank's illustra- tion). The name "gin-palace" remains, but the drinking of gin has almost ceased, whisky, I suppose, having taken its place to some extent. But when did the change take place? It ought to be recorded in ' N. & Q.' No such gin-shop as Cruikshank drew now exists. W. C. B.

"SON COMFORT ET LiESSE " is a motto on a piece of china beneath a kind of gate-tower in Doncaster. What is the history of this ? May it be rendered " his happiness consists in the uninebriating cup," or "he's a jolly good fellow'"? "Vivre en joie et en liesse" means he lives jovially. Perhaps it refers to the dwelling, in which case it may only be a name for the house, as " mon sejour,"or " sans souci,"or "sans ennui," &c. Probably some local friend will be acquainted with the place and be able to supply the reference to account for the motto. F. D. T.

LEONINES. I came across the following two leonines some time ago on the back of a fourteenth-century document :

Est Isachar Justus, Anne pater ille vetustus.

En Nazabath ego sum, genui prolem generosum.

The two names in the first line suggest that they are extracted from a poem on the Nativity of the Virgin. But in the apocry- phal Gospel of James, Rubim, and not Naza- bath, is the name of Joachim's adversary. Do any of your readers recognize the poem 1

C. JOHNSON.

SOUVENIR NORMAND. On what foundation was the list at Dive Church compiled ? How were the De Arches of Grove, Notts, connected with those in Yorkshire, Bucks, and Kent? When were Norman - French epifeaphs last used 1 A surname in the list at Dive and in the so-called Battle Roll cannot be found in England before 1135. Would this mean that the bearer went back to Normandy before 1089? A. C. H.

HUGH DE GUNVILLE.- I shall be glad of any information respecting this person and his family. According to Hutchins's ' History of Dorset,' iii. 451, he was a member of a Hampshire family, and was lord of the manor of Tarrant Gunville, co. Dorset, previous to the Clares, Earls of Gloucester, and came originally from Gunnevil or Gonvil, near Cherbourg, in Normandy. From the Dorset ' Feet of Fines ' (Dorset Records, vol. vi.) I am able to infer that Hugh de Gunville was son of Agatha, and that his wife's name was