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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. n. JULY 23,

Roos of Hamlake is the first, as the most ancient, on the English roll, dating from 1264 by writ, and by tenure a century and a half earlier. In consequence of the variation in name the location of the " premier barony " is now difficult of discovery, and probably many besides myself have had to search for Hamlake, not identifying it in Helmsley.

In that valuable exposition of the descent and transition of titles, Courthope's edition (1857) of Nicolas's ' Historic Peerage,' it ap- pears that of the Roos, or De Roos, family there were eleven barons by writ, the last of them dying s.p. in 1508. The barony, having been sixteen years in abeyance, was next held by Manners,* of which family five barons succeeded. It then, in 1591, passed to a Cecil,t and in 1618 returned to a Manners. From 1632 to 1687 it was held by two members of the house of Villiers,J and after the latter date was in abeyance 119 years, which in 1806 was terminated in favour of one of the coheirs, Lady Charlotte Fitz-Gerald. This branch of Fitz-Gerald added, by royal licence, De Ros to their surname, and hence it is considered (according to the foot-note, p. 406, of the in the writ of summons, in consequence of which the latest holders of the ancient barony are styled Barons De Ros of Hamlake. In the nebulous age of spelling, however, the name was not invariably written De Roos. Of the Fitz-Gerald-De-Ros barons the pre- sent is the fourth, so that he is the twenty- fourth in the barony of Roos of Hamlake.
 * Historic Peerage ') that a mistake was made

The name of the place may have been variously written, as was the family name ; indeed, on p. xxiv of the same work it is quoted as " Hameslake," which might easily come to Hemeslake. But not knowing any relationship between the final syllables "lake" and " ley " (in Helmsley), I would ask for a reasonable explanation of the variation.

Remains of Hamlake Castle are, I believe, yet to be seen in the demesne of the Earl of Feversham, Duncombe Park.

W. L. RUTTON. 27, Elgin Avenue, W.

LEXICON TO THE SEPTUAGINT. Is there in existence any lexicon to the Septuagint 1 I

was son of a coheiress of Roos. The second, third, fourth, and sixth Manners barons were Dukes of Rutland.
 * The first Baron Roos of the Manners family

t William Cecil.Baron Roos, was son of William, second Earl of Exeter, by Elizabeth Manners, Baroness Roos (fifth). Ob. v.p. et s.p.

J Catherine Villiers, Baroness Roos, was sole daughter of the sixth Manners baron, and widow of George, Duke of Buckingham. Her son George, second Duke, succeeded to the barony. Ob. s.p.

do not wish to be referred to Hatch and Redpath's work, which is a concordance, not a lexicon. PERTINAX.

" KlLMARNOCK - MlKROK AND LlTERARY

GLEANER ; consisting of Essays, Moral Tales, Poetry, &c. Vols. I. and II., 12mo. 1819-20. Printed and published at the Kilmarnock Press by Mathie & Lochore." These volumes consist of sixteen monthly numbers eight each beginning Thursday, 4 Oct., 1818, and ending January, 1820, misprinted 1819. Vol. i. pp. iv-332 ; vol. ii., pp. iv-316. In vol. ii. there is an original letter of Burns to his uncle Samuel Brown, dated Mossgiel, 4 May, 1789, and bits of Burnsiana in both volumes. How many volumes or numbers of this publication were there issued ? W. NIXON.

Warrington.

"WHITSUL" OR " WHITESOWLE." What is this? It is frequently found among the articles extracted from the poor Cornish tithe-payer. The only definition I have ever found in a terrier is in that of 1727 for St. Keverne, in Cornwall : " It is understood that the white sowle is nine days' milk turned into cheese, and the cream into butter, and to be paid at the Vicarage House, or on the Com- munion table," on a fixed day in each year. Halliwell gives, " Sool. Anything eaten with bread, such as butter, cheese," &c., as in use in Northumberland and Pembroke. What is the origin of the word ? Does it occur in terriers of other counties as well as Cornwall?

T. C. P.

"COME, LASSES AND LADS, GET LEAVE OF YOUR DADS." Is anything known of the author of the words, or the composer of the music, of this jolly old "pipe and tabor" ditty beyond the fact stated in Chappell's Musical Magazine that it is of the " time of Charles II."? In Alfred H. Miles's 'Five Hundred and Fifty Songs' it has four verses, but Chappell gives six. When one sings, or hears sung, this merry old ditty, our fore- fathers and fore-mothers seem to live " as if they ne'er had died,"

And young and old come forth to play

On a sunshine holiday.

Is it not delightful, and at the same time pathetic, to contrast these happy, light- hearted "lasses," Jess and Dolly and Sue, with poor Bess Cranage, "laid houldon," and terrified "out of her five sentences," by Dinah Morris's fearful preaching ?

JONATHAN BOUCHIER.

PICTURE MARKS. What gallery, public or private, marked its pictures on the back of the canvas, left-hand top corner, with