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Writer of one at Shepton Mallet said her daughter was getting on ' wonderful'; another from a farmer thanked defendant for curing his two cows and mare, whose illness was due to witchcraft ; anc there were others not made public. Defendanl said all he had done he had done by the help oJ God. He was sent to prison for two months with hard labour, and was greatly surprised at the sen- tence. The Mayor said that, according to defend- ant's book, he nad received over 120. from 20C people who had consulted him."

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EPITAPH ON AN INFANT. In Beckington Churchyard, near Frome, is the following inscription on a tombstone :

A. S. B. Died 14 th January, 1845,

Aged 10 Days.

The cup of life just to her lips she prest ; Found its taste bitter, and denied the rest. Averse, then turning from the light of day She softly sighed her little life away.

ALBERT HARTSHORNE.

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct. _

"DUTIFY." " A job as He hath dutified for metodo"(Blackmore, 'Springhaven z ' ch. xxix.). I have reason to believe that this is a very rare word. It is only known to me from this quotation from Blackmore. Can any of your readers tell me whether the word is in use in any of the southern counties ?

A. L. MAYHEW.

Oxford.

ARMS WANTED. What arms were borne by the following families early in the seven- teenth century: (1) Fox of Cnacomb, North- amptonshire; (2) Wright of Eastmayn, co. Southampton ; (3) Freame of Lyppyate. Gloucestershire? Who was the bearer and what are the tinctures of this late sixteenth- century coat : On a chevron embattled, between three foxes' (or dogs' ?) heads erased, each holding in its mouth a flower or twig, three roses? The name may perhaps be Morton. W. C. B.

"HUDDLE." In the 'History of Ireland' in Holinshed, vol. ii. p. 87, 1 read :

"On a night when the lieutenant and he [the Earl of Kildare] for their disport were plaieng at slidgrote or shoofleboord, suddenlie commeth from the cardinall a mandatum to execute Kildare on the morrow. The earle marking the lieutenants deepe sigh: By saint Bride lieutenant (quoth he) there is some mad game in that scroll ; but fall how it will, this throw is for an huddle."

The 'Century Dictionary' says that a "huddle" is "a winning cast at shovel-board." Can any of your readers supply the ' His- torical English Dictionary ' with evidence on the subject, or with any other instances of this sense of the word ? Why should a win- ning cast be so called ? By the way, is Stanyhurst or Hooker the author of pp. 84 to 106 of this ' History ' ?

ROBT. J. WHITWELL. 70, Banbury Road, Oxford.

" COLL. REG." OXON." An inscription in Fair-field Church, near Buxton, describes a gentleman as " Coll : Reg : Oxon : Socius," without further information as to the college in question. Which was the royal college at Oxford ; and when did it cease to be so styled? Probably Christchurch ? V. H. ' R.

[Qy. Queens?]

"AND NOW, O FATHER." Do others share my dissatisfaction with one line of the fine hymn by Dr. Wm. Bright beginning

And now, O Father, mindful of the love, ' Hymns Ancient and Modern,' No. 322 ? It seems to me inappropriate, if not almost irreverent, to address to the Almighty the prayer

O do Thy utmost for their souls' true weal. Would this do for a substitute ?

Cease not to draw them to their souls' true weal.

T. WILSON.

CEDAR TREES. Will some one kindly tell me when cedar trees were first grown in England ? EMILY S. RIGHTON.

BRASS DRINKING OR DIPPING LADLES. Some of us may remember the iron ladle hained at the parish pump or spring. In Burgundy a brass ladle used to hang by the pails of water in the recess or cupboard in ihe kitchen, for the convenience of the thirsty. [ have heard of their use in Manitoba. Were /hey ever in use in England ?

THOMAS J. JEAKES.

FRANTZ VON MEHREN. Where can I find a pedigree of the family to which he belonged '1848)? A. C. H.

BURIAL-PLACE OF SIR THOS. COOKE. Can any of your readers inform me of the burial- place of Sir Thos. Cooke, Chairman of the ast India Company, M.P. for Colchester, who died about 1709 ; also the name of his wife? P. A. F. STEPHENSON.

Warley Barracks, Brentwood.

ST. VALENTINE'S FAREWELL AND CRISMAN. In chap. iii. of the 'Famous History of Doctor Faustus ' (in ' Mediaeval Tales,' edited by Prof.