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pretty faithfully the sound of the name of the British commander as they then heard it. Malbrouck then is an English fossil found in France. If the French, even in these later days, sound Mai to rime with our Christian name Sal (short for Sally), we may opine that they did not give any deeper sound to the syllable in the older times, and thus Mal- brouck seems to prove that the Morlborough sound of to-day is not right, but wrong.

B.

"JACK AMONG THE MAIDENS." In chap. xvi. of ever-delightful 'Eothen' Kinglake de- scribes how Dthemetri, his servant, was distracted by the temptations of an unoccu- pied shrine : " There were so many stones absolutely requiring to be kissed, that he rushed about happily puzzled and sweetly teased, like ' Jack among the maidens.' " I presume this refers to some game like kiss- in-the-ring ; but is the name local in the West Country, and still in use 1

JAMES HOOPER. Norwich.

ROBERT SOUTHAM, MARTYR. Fox mentions the burning of this man, with others, at Smithfield in July, 1558. I shall be glad to know if the notes of the trials of these people are in existence. I have searched various records in London. Perhaps some one will suggest likely papers and places.

HERBERT SOUTHAM.

Shrewsbury.

JACOBITE LETTER. I should be very glad of any information as to the writer, addressee, circumstances, &c., of the following Jaco- bite letter (original among Southwell MSS., R.I.A., Dublin) :

D r S r, I have not neglected any thing as you see by the Inclosed, as alsoe Expect a great Relief from the Army for there is 1500 Coming from loghrea under the comd. of my Ld Dunsany & 9000 more longbarrow rode under the comd. of O'Donnell the treu [?] Earl of Tyrconnell. S r [or L d ] Anthony was heere just now. I have this day sent to Majr. Genl. Sarsfield as I promisd. This is all from v ra.

Augst. ye 7 & 90 [or 91].

For Cap n Redmond [illeg.] ye these.

P. REDMOND.

Hampden Club, Phoenix Street, N.W.

HUGUENOT. In a recent issue I notice one of your correspondents says he has found Huguenot and Huguenotte were diminutives in fifteenth-century French for Hugues, and he proposes to derive the name of Huguenot from some leader Hugues, otherwise unknown. Is it impossible that Hugues may simply be a corruption of John Huss, and that Huguenot may after all be nothing but a corruption of

Hussite? Littre, of course, gives Pascal Huguenot, of Saint Julien, in Limousin, as a Doctor of Canon Law in 1387, in support of Mahn's conjecture that Huguenot is a qiminu- tive of Hugues, "a heretic otherwise un- known " ; but is not Hugues very near Huss in date and sound? Hence the German associations clinging to the word. R. H.

RUSSELLS OF AYLESBURY. Can any one tell me of what family were the Russells whose names appear so constantly in the parish registers or Aylesbury from 1577, when a Humphrey Russell was married, till 1652, when Michael Russell was buried? The name continues to appear there occasionally till 1661, when it ceases altogether. In 1619, 1621, and 1622 the name Swingfeld and Swinkefill Russell appears, which, I take it, should be Wingfield. In the Civil War these Russells evidently sided with the Parliament, as in 1651 Richard and Michael Russell are amongst the names of the inhabitants of Aylesbury who signed the petition to Par- liament for a reward to Thomas Scot and Richard Salwey for having brought the par- ticulars of the victory at Worcester. Francis Russell, of Aylesbury, was justice of the peace in 1655. CONSTANCE RUSSELL.

Swallowfield.

Fox FAMILY OF BRISTOL." Anthony Fox, of this par., bach., and Mary Rice, of St. James, Bristol, spin.," were married 2 October, 1770, at the Abbey Church of Bath. I know their subsequent history, but want particulars of their parentage, &c. He, who is said to have come from Bristol, died in July, 1822, aged seventy-five, and his wife in November, 1820, aged seventy-two.

ALEYN LYELL READE.

Park Corner, Blundellsands, Liverpool.

PAINTER'S NAME WANTED. Can any reader name the painter who (in 1728 A.D.) signed his works with the initials P. C. F. A. ? One familiar with the Brescia branch of the Venetian School might know if Peter Avo- gardi used those letters. A reply would greatly oblige. L. E. DAVIES.

43, St. George's Avenue, Tufnell Park, N.

CHARLES SPEKE PULTENEY. Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' give me information as to when and where Charles Speke Pulteney died ? He was a doctor of Sherborne, Dorset. He married in 1772 at Yeovil, and one child was born of the marriage. His brother, Daniel Pulteney, by his will (proved P.C.C., 20 August, 1811) described himself as Fellow and Vice-Provost of King's College, Cam- bridge, and referred to " having never heard