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 508 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. VL DM. ». woo. to England in 1775.' A portrait, said to represent him, was painted by Solomon Wil- liams, foundation member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and engraved in line by James Parker; but the print I have has the name written in, and I should like to feel sure that it is correctly described. ERNEST RADFORD. NAUNTON FAMILY.—Will any reader of ' N. & Q.' oblige by informing me whether a list of documents, letters, manuscripts, &c.. relating to the Naunton family has appeared in any of the reports of the Historical Manu- scripts Commission ; if so, the number of such volume ? W. W. NAUNTON. The Square, Shrewsbury. "ROGER'S BLAST."—A sort of whirlwind is thus called in East Anglia. The origin of the name has lately been discussed in two well-known East Anglian publications, the East Anglian (3rd S. viii. 32, 48, 127-8) and the Eastern Counties Magazine and Suffolk Note-Book (vol. i. No. ii. pp. 157-8). It has been suggested that" Roger is probably an old name for the or a devil" : but this solution is far from satisfactory, unless it can be proved that Roger is, or has been, a common name for the devil in East Anglia. Can any reader produce evidence in support of this sugges- tion ? CHARLES PABTRIDGE, Jun. [See ' Rodger's blast,' 8th S. iii. 106, 373.] AGE OF MATRICULATION.—What was the earliest age at which any one matriculated at any college or hall at Oxford ? I find a John White matriculated at Hart Hall at the age of eight. Is there any one recorded younger than this ? F. B. T. " HEAF."—What is the derivation of this word 1 I heard it many years ago at a country fair in the north of England, when a Yorkshire farmer, who was bargaining for some black-faced Scotch sheep, remarked to the drover in charge, "I'se afeared they '11 nut heaf weel." The word I spell heaf was pro- nounced hee-aph. I learnt afterwards that the farmer's meaning was that, if he pur- chased the sheep ana put them on common land on which he had rights of pasturage for a certain number of sheep (locally termed "sheep-gaits"), they would not keep well to that portion of the common on which they were placed, but would be inclined to stray away. YORKSHIREMAN THE SENATOR AT ROME.—In a letter to the Earl of Ossory of 31 August, 1780 (Cunning- ham's ed., vol. vii. p. 433), Horace Walpole, referring to the declining state of the English nation, writes: " When we are quite pros- trate, I suppose we shall have the member of Parliament, as there is still the senator at Rome." What is the exact meaning of this reference to the senator ? H. T. B. STEWART FAMILY. — Can any of your readers give me any biographical information respecting Alexander Stewart, who died at Gosport, Hants, on 2 April, 1801 ? CHAS. STEWART, M.A. 22, Gloucester Road, Stoke Newington, N. THE ROLL OF GUILD MERCHANTS OF SHREWSBURY, 1231.—In Shirley's ' Noblemen and Gentlemen of England,' p. 99, it is stated that Adam Wulfric's name is found in this Roll. Adam Wulfric was the son of Wulfric de Wickishall, or Wulfric de Alditheley, brother of Henry de Alditheley. Where is this Roll now ? GUSTAVUS SNEYD. Chastleton, Oxon. DUKE OF BOLTON'S REGIMENT.—Can any information be given respecting this regi- ment, which was in America during 1692 ? I cannot trace it in 'The Regiments of the British Army,' by Capt. R. Tnmen. Charles, sixth Marquis of Winchester, was created Duke of Bolton 1689, and died 1699. W. C. L. FLOYD. CITIZENS OF LONDON.—Are any lists supply- ing information of citizens of London extant —t. e., when they were admitted citizens and under what circumstances; and also of what a citizen meant 1 E. E. COPE. Sulhamstead, Berks. EASTER MAGIANT.—Into the composition of a Cumberland herb pudding enter the leaves of a plant locally called "Easter magiant." Can any of your readers tell me the origin of the name1? In appearance it resembles the plant which Italian peasants call the "herba di Madonna." I rather think this question was asked some years ago in your pages. ALFRED F. CURWEN. [We fail to trace a previous inquiry.] " KING DEGNAN ": FLAXEN HAIR.—My Irish history is of a limited quantity, and only recently I heard of " Degnan, a king in Ire- land" in remote times. My serving-maid is "Irish to the backbone," notwithstanding that she was born in Yorkshire; and her name is " Degnan," and the tradition of her family is of direct descent from " King Degnan " ! There is nothing suggestive of regal descent about her, but she is " crowned" with a magnificent head of beautiful and really flaxen hair. Flaxen hair was a distinctive feature with King Degnan, and his glory.