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 es. v1.Jmv.19oo.1 NOTES AND QUERIES. 11 f‘ general reference” is merely to the passage In chap. vii., which describes how elephants are caught in “ holes.” If so, the annotator “ betrays ” his reader. C. C. B. [We have searched Pliny’s ‘ History] too, without results] POCELINGTON PEDIGREE (9"‘ S. v. 376).-In the absence of the MS. pedigree of this family, it may be of interest to your correspondent to know that very full particulars are given In ‘N. & Q.,’ 1" S. viii. 215; ix. 247; x. 37; 2'f" S. iv. 211. The last reference was com- piled by an Ofhcial of the Heralds’ College rom legal evidence. _I B k k EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. I, l°¢C DOC LIOATED MOUNDS (9"*‘ S. v. 309, 399).-There appears to be another very good example of a moated mound at Owston Lincolnshire. It adjoins the churchyard. The mound, Or Castle Hill, as it is there called, is still in exist- ence, and some portion Of the site of the moat 18 still traceable. Ajpiparently the mound was the_sIte of the pre- ristian place of worship, which will account for its close proximity to the church. Possibly Archdeacon Stone- house’s ‘ History of the Isle of Axholme ’ gives further particulars, but I have not got it at hand to refer to. S. T. N APOLEON’S ATTEMPTED INVASION or ENG- LAND IN 1805 (sw S. xii. 481 ; 9°h S. i. 1e,71,255, 419).f-The medal of Napoleon struck in anti- cipation of his conquest of En land is iven at the head of chap. xxix. in ‘The Stu<§ent’s F rance: a Historly of F rance,’ edited by W1ll1am_ Smith, L.D. (London, Murray, 1868) third edition, 599. On the obverse IS “Jeufer}OIy fecit enon direxit.” On the reve_rse 18 ercules wrestling with and Over- coming a Triton. The legend on the reverse I8 “Descente en Angleterre.” Under the feet of Hefcules is “FI-appé a Londre [sic] en 1804.” At the third reference MR. CLEMENTS speaks of a monument near Boulogne “ raised gy Napoleon to commemorate the capture of nlgand.” If he refers to the column Oil' the Ca is road, I think that he is mistaken. The monument was voted and offered by the Grand Army to N ggoleon as an expression of their esteem and miration, and it was par- ticularly designed to perpetuate the memory of the institution of the Legion d’Honneur. During the stay of the troops at Boulogne each soldier contributed a portion of his pay towards the cost. Marshal Soult laid the first stone, upon which was the following Inscription :- “First stone of the monument voted b the expeditionary army of Boulogne and the flotilla to the Emperor Napoleon, placed by Marshal Soult. Commander-in-Chief, on t e 9th of November, l804.” The monument was partly finished in the reign of Louis XVIII. (1821). I take the above from a ‘New Guide to Boulogne- sur- Mer and its EnvirOns,’ by J. Brunet (Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1856). The monument was completed under Louis Philippe. The Débats of 13 Au ust, 1840, speaks of it as the column “ raise? by the Grand Arm in honour of its chief.” (See ‘ Napoleon HK from the Popular Caricatures,’ by James M. Haswell, a new edition, Camden Hotten, p. lO8.) ROBERT PIERPOINT. ALTON AND LAYER FAMILIES (9"‘ S. v. 289, 386).-In Chauncy’s ‘ History of Herts ’ (vol. i. p. 327, cd. 1826, and vol. ii. . 150) references will be found to the Layer E1mIl§fA O . . XON. WILL PROVED IN THE ARCHDEACONRY OF LONDON, REGISTER 1, EO. 35 (9“’ S. v. 352).- May the name Vhyk be a form Of De Vic? Menestrier blazons the arms of De Vic (“ Le Vic ” elsewhere in the book), Gules, a foy (faith) ar ent, (two hands conjoined) in fesse, and in chief on a shield azure a ileur-de-lis in a bordure or. There was a Guernsey famil of De Vic. Martha, dauflhter of John de /)ic, married James de avilland of Guernsey, son of James de Havilland, Attor- ney-General of the island in 1588. A De Vic married Rachel, daughter of Sir Phil? Car- teret, iirst grantee (according to Cam en) of the island of Sark, and was knighted .by Queen Elizabeth. Sir Philip’s granddaughter, Margaret Carteret, married Sir Henr' de Vic, Knight and Baronet, Chancellor of the Garter. I have heard that there is in the public library at Exeter a Wyke or Weekes coat bearing a fleur-de-lis either alone Or with some other charge ; but this is different from the coat of Wykes or Weekes Of North Wyke, Devon-Ermine three Danish battle- axes sable. I should Iike to know to what “famous " Henry de Wyk MR. HUDSON refers, and whether he was in any way connected with the family (either in En land or in Ireland) Of De Y igornia, alias Chamberlain ° with the Bellamonts or Beaumonts, Earls of Mellent and Worcester ; with the De Wreys, or with the Chivrestones. (Mrs.) C. LEGA-WEEKES. ELVERTON l'lANOR (9°” S. v. 356, 406).-It is not an easy matter to trace the story of this manor, Owing to the many and serious changes which its name has undergone.