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1 Calendar of State Papers (Domestic Series) of the Reign of Charles I., 1644-1645,' edited by William Douglas Hamilton, F.S.A., may throw a little light upon the subject :

" 1645, June 15, Derby House. The Committee of both Kingdoms to Col. Weldon. It having pleased God to give a great victory to our army under Sir Thos. Fairfax, we thought fit to give you notice of

of seizin, in fact. The property generally consisted of an ill-built cottage with a very small garden-plot situated on what had been common land or waste of a manor. I believe instances could be discovered of the existence of the custom even now. E. E. STREET.

"STINGER" (9 th S. viii. 81, 170). In most

cases, I believe, the

"Stinger," as

, is merely a corruption of " Stingoe " or tingo." Thus in the excellent Bacchanalian

miles of them. On Saturday, by 5 in" the morning, I song " Dear Tom, this brown jug, that now the enemy marched towards us, chose his ground, ' -^ -u - 1 - " ~ u, T rv,4. :~ T~I

borough (Market Harborough), and on Friday our army followed and quartered that night within six

foams with mild ale," sung by Dermot in John O'Keefe's comedy 'The Poor Soldier,' 1782, with music by William Shield, the second stanza reads, concerning Toby Philpot, It chanced as in dog-days he sat at his ease, In his flower-woven arbour, as gay as you please, With a friend and a pipe, puffing sorrow away, And with honest old Stingo was soaking his clay, His breath-doors of life in an instant were shut, And he died full as big as a Dorchester butt.

An enviable euthanasia. Finis coronat opus. The imitation of the Latin of Hieronymus Amaltheus is by the Rev. Francis Fawkes, before 1755. See * Clio and Euterpe,' of that date, vol. ii. p. 41, music set by Mr. Hodson ; Ritson's ' English Songs,' ii. 73 ; ' Roundelay,'

and put himself in battalia (about a mile and a half to the north of the village of Naseby, then a market town). Our army put themselves also in order (on Naseby Field), and expected the enemy, who, about 11 of the clock, came to charge them. The fight continued for three hours somewhat doubt- ful ; at length the enemy was wholly routed, all their carriages, which were 200 in number, were taken, and all their cannon, which were 12 pieces, of which two demi-cannon, two demi - culverin, and the rest sacres, 5,000 (men) taken and (or) slain, many officers, all the foot colours, and many horse colours, and at least 2,000 horse. Our horse had the pursuit of them from four miles on this side Harborough to nine miles beyond, even to the sight of Leicester, whither the King fled. Our army quartered last night at (Market) Harborough, and this day are marching both horse and foot toward. ._, . ,

Leicester. This is a very great victory. The Bath Apollo,' Calliope,' 1788, and Universal King's army, in which he was in person, is wholly Songster,' i. 409 ; the frontispiece by George broken and destroyed. Let God have all the praise, Cruikshank shows Toby Philpot with the jug and bear up your courage and spirits; the relief we of f oam i n <r Stingo. In those merry days, KS S bTcSfvS 1825, my father's friend George loved his pipe

that night, June 15." and his jug, in moderation, and knew what

The like letters, with the omission o the last " ?tingo " meant without it

tVwafc U KTe^mS;l7m1 F^T *~ T f" W (Regis), bv Craven, and one/CoL Massby "fc^ ttr*Sf*Si

I or ale. The Yorkshire Stingo is the name of A list of "Prisoners of Warre taken in Nablesby field, June 14th, 1645, in Com. North ton, from a manuscript in the posses- sion of Sir Thomas Cave, Bart.," will be found in ' The History and Antiquities of Naseby,' by the Rev. John Mastin (1792). I regret that this should have been asked for by

a celebrated inn in the suburbs of London " (' Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words,' ii. 807, 1874).

JOSEPH WOODFALL EBSWORTH. The Priory, Ashford, Kent.

LAC under such a misleading heading.

JOHN T. PAGE.

West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

POWNEY FAMILY (9 th S. viii. 144). Penyston Portlock Powney, of Ives Place, was son of Penyston Powney by his wife Penelope, daughter of Benjamin Portlock, of Bedford- shire. He married first Melissa, daughter of TENURES OF LAND IN CROWLAND (9 th S. viii. I Fred. Frankland, Esq., by whom he had one 177). With regard to the so-called key-hole daughter, and secondly Elizabeth, daughter tenure, mentioned under the above heading, of Peter Flowyer, of Worcester, by whom he I may state that when engaged, many years had three sons and two daughters. He and ago, in hunting up county voters, I came his father and several other members of across several instances of keyhold tenure, as his family, beginning at Richard Powney, it was called. The property 'passed, without who died in 1652, are buried at Old Windsor, any writings, by the formal handing over of This manor was held under the Crown by the the key of the house to the purchaser livery Powney family as early as 1607, and Lysons