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this was another specimen, a human heart, with the arteries well denned. They were the property of an old gentleman, who is since dead, but at the time I saw them he assured me the curios in question were the heart and hand of Fauntleroy, the forger, who was hanged for his crime in 1824. These some- what ghastly memorials came to him through a retainer of the house of Derby, who had been desired by the countess of the period to remove the to her unsightly relics. Have any of your readers any clue that would assist in verifying the above account? FELIX JONES-ELIOT.

PRIVATE GATES IN LONDON. Under the heading of 'Regent Square, St. Pancras,' ante, p. 230, ME. JOHN HEBB incidentally men- tioned that the barrier at the western end of Sidmouth Street was removed by the London County Council on 17 October, 1891. In the summer of 1893 I was present at the removal of a private gate I think that which used to protect the aristocratic privacy of Devon- shire Place from the plebeian traffic of the Marylebone Road ; but my notes on the subject are mislaid. I remember that the iron- work of the gates was of a character which entitled them to be utilized elsewhere. It would, I think, be interesting to the future historian of London if, with the permission of the Editor, MR. HEBB would kindly give a list of the gates which in the years succeeding the passing of the Removal of Gates Act, 1890, were taken down by the London County Council. Reports were from time to time given in the daily newspapers, which in the course of a few years will be very difficult to trace ; and if a chronological list of removals were published in ' N. & Q.' it would, I think, form a very useful record.

W. F. PRIDEAUX. 45, Pall Mall, S.W.

BATHOE. Bathoe drew up or printed a catalogue of the royal collection, temp. James I. or Charles I. Where is it to be seen ? YDOLTOREC.

MILL PRISON, PLYMOUTH. Information wanted about this old prison : when erected ; how many prisoners usually confined there, and what class ; when demolished, and why.

JOHN T. THORP.

Leicester.

THE FIRST LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. Can any approximate date be fixed when the appellation of " Lord " was first added to that of "Mayor" to London's chief magis- trate ? The old notion that it was an honour conferred upon Sir William Walworth for

his conduct in the Wat Tyler incident has been long exploded. The late Mr. J. J. Stocken, who investigated the point, was of opinion that the title was first borne by Thomas Leggy, or Legge, in his second mayoralty in 1354, but admitted that the sole basis for such opinion was tradition, all charters and history being equally silent upon the point, W, D, Pls,

Leigh, Lancashire,

M. HACQUIN, Is there a biography or memoir of M. Hacquin, picture restorer, of Paris, about 1766, with, if possible, some detail of his restorations and marks, and where can such be seen ? CUMING,

PERRYS OF CLAVERLEY. Can any of your readers give me any information concern- ing the above? I am trying to trace the genealogy of my family. My great-great- grandfather was William Perry, of Claverley, Shropshire. He was married in 1728 at Don- ington, and would presumably have been born about 1700-8. In the Claverley register two William Perrys are shown to have been born at this time, either of whom might have been the one I am in search of. The puzzle is to find the right one. Can any of your readers suggest a way of discovering the right one ; or does anybody know if a pedigree of the Perrys is in existence ? There were, I believe, at least two quite distinct families of Perry residing there. I also want to find if any connexion existed between the Perrys of Claverley and the Perrys of Wotton-under- Edge, Gloucestershire. There is great simi- larity between my arms and those of this latter family, though I am unable to say whether my arms were actually borne by the Claverley Perrys or not. My coat may be described thus : Argent, on a chevron az., between three lions rampant of the same, as many garbs or. That of the Perrys of Wotton is Argent, on a chevron az., between three lions rampant gules, as many bugle horns. The Perrys of Wotton seem to be a Yorkshire family who moved to Wotton. In Yorkshire they were known as Hunter, but changed their name to Perry after migra- tion.

I should mention, with regard to the two William Perrys .born at Claverley between 1700 and 1708, that neither the marriage nor the death of either can be traced in the Claverley register.

G. S. PARRY, Lieut.-Col.

"BAULK": "BALK." How and when did the u creep into this word ? Finding it lately spelt balk in one of Anthony Trollope's novels,