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respecting a feast which is held in this neighbourhood. It takes place annually, and is known by the name of "Venison Feast." I find similar feasts are held in various other parts of England, but, so far, I have received details concerning one only, that held at Farnham, in Surrey. Another, I believe, is held somewhere near Man- chester, though I cannot get any precise idea of the place. Can you through 4 N. & Q.' assist me in my search ? The points I want to get at are : 1. The names of the different

E laces throughout the country where this 3ast is held. 2. How long each has been in existence. 3. What was the origin of the feast : does it commemorate any special event : and if so, what ?

C. H. PHILLIPS, M.D. Hanley, Staffordshire.

LUCRETIUS. To what did Lucretius allude in this passage (v. 1135) 1

Ergo, regibus occisis, subversa jacebat Pristina majestas soliorum, et sceptra superba ; Kt capitis sunitni praiclarum insigne cruentum Sub pedibus volgi magnum lugebat honorem : Nam cupide conculcatur nimis ante metutum. Res itaque ad summam fsecem, turbasque, residit.

When and where in antiquity was kingly power subverted and usurped by the rabble 1 I have not been able to find any annotations on the passage. G. T. SHERBORN.

Twickenham.

MR. CARNEGIE'S FREE LIBRARIES. Can any list be procured of the places in which the liberality of Mr. Carnegie has established Free Libraries ? BISHOP COURTENAY.

99, Hereford Road, Bayswater, W.

COLUMBARIUM IN CHURCH TOWER. A short time ago, on examining the bells in the church tower of Sarnesfield, co. Hereford, I dis- covered that the upper part of the tower had been constructed as a columbarium. There are six tiers of nesting-holes and a few above in the angles, built in the thickness of the walls, about 105 in all. Each tier has an alighting ledge. Can any of your readers tell me of a similar case ? The tower is all of one period, and dates from about 1250. Would this columbarium have belonged to the lord of the manor ?

GEORGE MARSHALL.

The Batch, Weobley, R.S.O.

" LAMBETH." In Ministers' Accounts (Re- cord Office, 829, 1), 2 Ric. II., under Brade- nassh (qy. Bradninch), Devon, is the entry : "Etde redd' j burg'qui fuit lambeth accident d'no p' defectu' he'd'. What is the significa- tion of the term " lambeth " here (repeated

in another account), and might it throw any light on the place-name in Surrey ^^ T ' tor Rolls (printed), p. 22 A.p. 1201, I find a grant to H. Cant' Arch' with assent of G. Roff. Ep'i, of the manor of Lamhei, formerly granted to the church of St. Andrew, Roff., &c. Darent, Helles, and CHve are mentioned. ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.

BRIGHTON MANOR COURT ROLL. I wish to see the manor court roll relating to a property on the Knab at Brighton belonging to my family. Can any of your readers tell me where it can be inspected 1 The property consists of several small houses and shops situated at Nos. 44, 45, 46, and 50, Market Street, 43, Meeting- House Lane, and 5 and 6, Brighton Place. H. CRAWFORD.

94, Redcliffe Gardens, S.W.

PATTON : PEYTON. Can any of your readers kindly tell me whether the Sir Robert Patton, of the City of London, Knt., whose daughter Mary married, in 1688, John Philipson, of Calgarth, is likely to be the same person as the Sir Robert Payton mentioned in both Le Neve and Metcalfe's ' Lists of Knights,' neither of which contains any notice of the name of Patton 1

Whom did Sir Robert marry? Is he, by any chance, identical with the Robert Peyton who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Anderson, of Pendley, Herts 1

(Miss) PATRICIA CURWEN.

8, Bickerton Road, Highgate, N.

HOLBEIN PORTRAITS. Can one of your correspondents give information concerning portrait painting on wood, or tell me if in any book I can find an account of the por- traits painted on wood by Hans Holbein the elder about the year 1494?

ALWAYS FAITHFUL.

HUMAN SKELETON IN ALUM ROCK. It is written in Lionel Charlton's 'History of Whitby,'p. 355:

" About the year 1743 the Rev. Mr. Berwick and others found in our allum-rock the complete skele- ton or petrified bones of a man, which they dug up : But though they used the utmost caution, it was broken into many pieces, and greatly mutilated, before it could be taken out. However, in the condition it then was they sent it to one of our universities as a great curiosity."

I would ask, To which of them 1 and I should like to know what men of science thought of the find. ST. SWITHIN.

CHRISTIAN NAMES AS EVIDENCE OF RACE. Is there any publication dealing with Christian names in England in the Norman and early Plantagenet periods and the evi-