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 9th S. IV. July 1, '99.] NOTES AND QUERIES. P. 325 a. Villiers. Epitaphs at Youghal, in Tojwgrapher and Genealogist, 1853, ii. 199, 200. Pp. 355-6. S. Vince. Pryme's 'Autob.,' 1870, pp. 99, 100 ; Mathias, 'P. of L.,' 348. P. 357 a. "April, 1899." This volume was not published until March, 1899. Pp. 358-9. Henry Vincent. See Eastern Morning News, 24 Jan., 1879: 26 April, 1884. P. 360. Nathaniel Vincent. See Brook's 'Puritans.' His 'Cure of Distractions,' 1695; also ' Conversion of the Soul,' 1683, 1688; he printed funeral sermons on James Janeway, 1674, and Thomas Cawton, 1677. See Hearne's ' Coll.,' iv. 194, Oxf. Hist, Soc. P. 360 b. Cromwell's establishment at Dur- ham was a college, not a university. P. 363. Thomas Vincent's 'God's Terrible Voice'was reprinted in 1722, and again by the Rev. John Scott, of Hull, 1831-2. See Brook's ' Puritans.' P. 365. Dean Vincent. See E. H. Barker's 'Literary Anecdotes,' vol. i. p. xv. Pp. 366-8. Sir R. Viner. Bishop Ezekiel Hopkins dedicated his sermon ' Vanity of the World,' 1668, to him as not one of those " who value themselves by the bag or the acre." Pp. 369-71. Richard Vines issued a tract on ' Hieresie,' 1647 ; his book on the ' Sacrament' has laudatory verses by Baxter and a preface by Anth. Burgess. Saltmarsh ridicules him for his pluralities, 'Some Drops of the Viall,' 1646, ii. 125. At the Uxbridge Conference he had Dr. Hammond for his opponent, Words- worth, ' Eccl. Biog.,' v. 358 ; Baxter preached for him at St. Lawrence's, when owing to the crowd they both occupied the pulpit together, Baxter, by Jenkyn, 'Puritan Divines,' 1846; specimen of his sauciness to God, Grey's ' Hudibras,' on part i. c. ii. 603. Pn. 369 b ; 370a, b. St. Clement " Dane's," read Danes. P. 373. William Vint gave the address at Fish Street Chapel, Hull, when Joseph Fox began his ministry there, 1827, afterwards printed at Idle. P. 373b. "At Idle" (in title), read in Idle. P. 374. Tho. Violet. See 'Camden Miscel- lany,' viii.; ' N. & Q.,' 3r'' S. iv. 82. Pp. 375-6. C. Vitell. See ' N. & Q.,' 4«" S. iv. 431. P. 376. Vivares. Gray mentions his lodging at an alehouse in Malham, Yorkshire (by Mason, 1827, p. 308). P. 382 a. "Soignes," read Soignies. P. 385 a. Boyne. ? Bogue. P. 406. Dean Waddilove. See Gent. Mag., 1781, p. 193; 1782, p. 96; 'Ann. Biog. and Obit.,' xiv., 1830; long notice in Nichols's ' Illust. Lit. Hist.,' 1831, vi. 605, 894; another by him- self in Oliver's 'Beverley,' 1829, p. 499; Farrer's 'Ripon,' 1801, pp. 110, 114, 153; Smales, 'Whitby Authors,' p. 22; Smith's 'Old Yorksh.,'1882, iii. 46. P. 406 b. " Scoresby." Most likely Scoreby, in parish of Catton. P. 410. Dean Waddington. Why repeat Cambridge in line 30 ? He "was ordained in the English Church "; where else should he ? Ho left considerable money benefactions in his will. His ' History of the Church' was reprinted in one volume in the " L.U.K.," 1833, and is not yet obsolete. See the Register, ii. 96. An anecdote of him, 'N. & Q.,' 8th S. ii. 376. Pp. 413-6. Geo. Wade. Bishop Tho. Newton's work on ' Prophecies,' 1754, was occasioned by conversations with Marshal Wade (ded.). Doddridge's 'Gardiner,' 1778, pp. 261, 270. Pp. 433-5. Tho. Wagstaffe lent Cockma'n a codex of Cicero for his ed. of 'De Oratore,' 1696. T. W., jun., see Hearne's 'Gul. Neu- brig.,' 1719, vol. i. p. lxivn. P. 440 a. " Michael Jones," read Michael Hudson (xxviii. 152). Pp. 452-5. Gilbert Wakefield is criticized in Wrangham's ' Zouch,' ii. 435 sq.; Mathias ridicules him, ' P. of L.,' 112, 296, 304. W. C. B. Vol. LV. Sir Charles Stuart (1753-1801) was appa- rently for a time M.P. for Bossiney, Cornwall, as his name occurs in the lists of M.P.s for 1780; two of his brothers were in tho same Parliament. There are three different dates of his death quoted by as many authorities— Debrett in the twenty-first edition (1836) of his ' Peerage,'and probably in other issues, gives 25 March, 1801; Foster says 25 May, 1831 ; and Burke and the ' D.N.B.' state 25 May, 1801. It would be interesting to explain how Sir Charles Stuart came to die so frequently. Mention should have been made in the D.N.B.' of Romney's portrait of Stuart; this was engraved twice, first by Grozer in 1794, and again by S. W. Reynolds in 1803. W. Roberts. Carlton Villa, Klea Avenue, Clapham. Vol. LII. P. 317, col. 1,1. 3, for "? 1718 "read 1715. Major Joseph Sirr died in Nov., 1799, aged eighty-four (Register, St. Werburgh's, Dublin). S. Marriage Customs and Defaulting Omens.—I stayed recently in a country house where a Bavarian lady, who was a guest, allowed me to take down the follow- ing items of her conversation. As these not only go to illustrate some curious practices,