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of the Chetham Society Publications, 1876). It may be worth while to quote more fully. In his account of 'The Present Church of Prestbury,' Dr. Renaud writes :-

" Passing up the centre of the nave, two small brass plates are to be seen screwed to a pew door, inscribed thus : ' Here lieth the body of Thomas Duncalf, Esq., of Adlington, of the ancient family of the Duncalfs, formerly of Fox wist, in Butley, who departed this life Sept. 25, 1805, aged 84. Also Ann his wife, who departed this life Nov. 28, 1774, aged 58.'

" ' Sacred to the memory of Mary Duncalf, of Adlington, who departed this life Aug 1 18, 1839, aged 87 years. In the same grave lie also the re- mains of her sister Ann Duncalf, who departed this life Feb. 5, 1842, aged 82.' :>

Dr. Renaud speaks of the above as the last survivors in genteel circumstances of the old family which formerly owned Foxwist. He adds that

"nothing of the house remains but part of the foundation walls, upwards of a yard in thickness. A part of the site is occupied by a small seven- teenth-century half-timbered dwelling. Till a few years ago the water remained in the inner moat ; and when it was drained off a good many objects of interest were found, and amongst others a figure of Christ in good Byzantine workmanship." Pp. 37, 38.

The name of Duncalf can scarcely be called " a very common surname in Cheshire." I have looked for it pretty carefully in Kelly's ' Cheshire Directory ' of 1902. I have found one of the name under ' Court ' in Birken- head, two in partnership as butchers at Con- gleton, one a chemist, druggist, and insurance agent at Macclesfield, and one a mason at Wilmslow. In the ' Directory,' in every case, as in Dr. Renaud's 'Ancient Parish of Prest- bury,' the name is Duncalf, not Duncalfe.

Addenda. In a deed dated 22 May, 31 Henry VI. (1453), one Thomas Duncalf appears as one of the witnesses. By it Hamon le Mascy grants his manors, &c., in the town of Hartford, co. Chester, and the manor of Horton, co. Chester, to Nicholas Birom, Robert Leigh of Adlington, sen., and others.

In 1464 Thomas Duncalf (perhaps the above- named witness) was appointed to receive from two of the Mascy s, in equal portions, an annuity of thirteen shillings and fourpence. (See Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, New Series, vol. iii. pp. 83, 89.)

Marshall's 'Genealogist's Guide,' 1879, s.v. ' Duncalfe,' gives " Foster's Visitations of Yorkshire, 141." ROBERT PIERPOINT.

" WENTHLOK " (9 th S. xii. 188). It may be taken as certain that the " Kay r went infra comitatum de Wenthlok in Wallia" was Caerwent in the hundred of Caldicot. There was much confusion in applying the

names Gwent, Gwentllwg, Nether went, <fec., the boundaries of those territories being variously defined in documents of the same period. Gwentllwg means, etymologically, the flat land along the Severn shore ; and it is highly probable that the name was some- times applied to the lowlands east of the river Usk, though now it is confined to those lying between Cardiff and Newport.

JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS.

Monmouth.

AUTHORS OP QUOTATIONS WANTED (9 th S. xii. 188). " I asked of Time," &c., is the commencement of a sonnet by the Italian poet Petrocchi, translated by the Rev. Charles Strong, and published in his sonnets, London, 1862.

"Tell me, ye winged winds," &c., is the first line of a song by Charles Mackay. It was set to music by the late Dr. Chard.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

The last of INDIANA'S quotations is from ' The New Sinai,' by A. H. Clough, written in 1845. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

STAFFORD (9 th S. xii. 128). Camden tells us that the spot or island where Stafford now stands was originally called Betheney, and was for many years the retreat of Berthelin, a distinguished hermit in ancient times. Dr. Plot, on p. 409 of his ' History of Staffordshire,' says that this Berthelin was the son of a king of this country and scholar of St. Guthlac, with whom he tarried till the saint's death, after which, though now un- known to his father, he begged this island of him, where he led a hermit's life for divers years, till disturbed by some one who envied his happiness, when he removed into some desert mountainous districts, where he ended his life. I am afraid further information is unavailable. CHAS. F. FORSHAW, LL.D.

Baltimore House, Bradford.

DE BATHE FAMILY (9 th S. vi. 269 ; viii. 20 ; xii. 14). There is at Fursdon a MS. copy of Risdon's 'Survey of Devon,' dated 1627, in which, as I am kindly informed by a member of the family, the entries concerning Bathe and Bindon correspond to the printed version, the name of the grantor of Bindon to Roger Wyke being Bache, and not, as in the Add. MS. 33,420, to which I have referred, " Banth alias Bath." ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.

DOCTOR'S RECOMMENDATION (9 th S. xii. 144). I should imagine that this amazing addi- tion to the patients' board comes of a mis- translation ; table and tablette are very closely