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d. 1648), for a dozen years and more, I have waited patiently for authoritative informa- tion concerning him in the 'Dictionary of National Biography.' When the volume con- taining his name arrived, I was disappointed to find so much omitted, and to discover several new items about him that I could not trace to their sources. On applying to the writer of the sketch I was informed that all her notes had been destroyed on the conclu- sion of her task. Perhaps some one may be able to trace the authorities.

1. John White is said to have been the son of John White, of Stanton St. John, and of Isabel, daughter of John Rawle, of Lich- field. What is the authority for his mother's name?

2. His elder brother Josias was the father of James White, a wealthy merchant of Boston, N.E. A reference is given here to Essex Archceol. Trans., New Series, iv. 317. This proving incorrect, the writer informed me it was a mistake for vol. vi., and this con- tained the will of Josias White ; but I had already had vol. vi. examined for reference to John White without result.

3. John White married "Ann, daughter of John Burgess, of Peterborough," and was " sister of Cornelius Burgess (q.v.)" Under Cornelius Burgess I can find no information concerning his parentage. Mrs. White is said by Fuller to have been the "sister of Dr. Burgess, the great Nonconformist, who afterwards being reclaimed, wrote in the defence of Ceremonies," that is, Dr. John Burgess. Wood says, "Cornelius Burgess was descended from the Burgesses of Batcornb in Somersetshire." I have a reference to Cornelius Burgess and his sons Samuel, Nathaniel, and Daniel in the will of his brother-in-law, Samuel Sherman, of Dedham, who married Hester Burgess of the Somerset family, whose pedigree I have, and I have other good reasons for believing that Anne White belonged to the Somerset Burgesses.

4. The names of the children of John and Anne White are given in the 'D.N.B.' as John, Samuel, Josiah, and Nathaniel. It is probable that Josiah should be Josias, which was a White family name, but this son ] have always believed was named Robert.

The writer of the account in the * D.N.B. haying destroyed all notes told me to ex amine all her references, as I would find the information therein. I have not access to all of them ; such as I have examined throw no light on these questions, while severa references are as obviously inaccurate as th( one to the Essex Archoeol. Trans. I copy th< references I have not examined, trusting tha

ome one may be able to help me out of this

maze :

Maudit's ' Short View of Hist. Mass. Bay,' 774, p. 24 ; 'Rhode Island Hist. Coll.,' iv. 67 ;

Everett's 'Dorchester in 1630' (Boston, 1855), p. 22-7 ; * Mass. Hist. Coll.,' Fourth Series, ol. ii.; Prynne's ' Cant. Doome.,' p. 362 ;

Wharton's 'Troubles and Tryals of Laud,' . 174-5 ; Appleton's ' Cyclo. Amer. Biog.,' d. 472 : Bancroft's ' Hist, of Amer.,' i. 264.

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"NowER." In Bury Hill Park, near Dorking, there is a beautiful wooded eminence called the " Nower." What are the origin and meaning of this name "?

W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath.

"TO HELP," FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE.

Is there any good authority for the omis- sion of the "to" of the infinitive 1 ? The fol- owing occurs in the prospectus of ' The Standard Dictionary ' : "In its effort to helj simplify the spelling of words this dictionary,' &c. Some years ago a philanthropist used tc send out an appeal for money which had the phrase " Help save the boys." I have heard such phrases on the stage recently, and have met with them in Mr. Jerome K. Jerome's ' Three Men on the Bummel.' Are they not bad English ? ROBERT PIEEPOINT.

LOLA MONTEZ, NEE GILBERT. Will any reader be pleased to inform me in what church in the Irish county in which this celebrated woman was born is to be found the register of her birth, and will he also give me the wording of the same? so scanty is her authentic history and so doubtful her reputed one. INVESTIGATOR.

[She was born in Limerick. See ' D.N.B.' under Gilbert, Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna.']

COLIN CAMPBELL was admitted to West- minster School on 3 April, 1771. I should be glad to have particulars of his parentage and

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career. (*. Jb. K. 15.

JOHN WILKINS Box was admitted to West- minster School on 19 June, 1775. Any par- ticulars concerning him are desired.

G. F. R. B.

THOMAS JOHNSON. I should feel greatly obliged if any of your readers could supply information concerning a Thomas Johnson, to whom a tablet is erected in Warkton Church, near Kettering. At the top of the tablet are the following arms : Argent, a fess lozenge gules between three lions heads erased ; impaling Argent, a fess gules