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NOTES 'AND QUERIES. [9 th s. VIIL OCT. 12, 1901.

executors, she proved m that court the will of Dame Elizabeth, relict of the said bir Francis Jones (P.C.C., Seager, 28). The administration of Sir Francis granted by same court 13 May, 1630, as referred to in my last (but which must not be confused with the other grant to the same person of same date, as above), was to the relict of the said Abraham Jones of the effects (not fully administered by the latter), during the minority of George, William, and Richard, the sons, and Frances, the daughter of the said Abraham (Act Book, fo. 169). The Tnq pm. of "Sir Francis Jhones K* and Aid. ot City of London " (Chancery, 22 Jac. I., pt. 11., No 58) was taken at Reading, co. berks, 6 June, 1623, and we gather therefrom, besides certain information embodied above, that he died possessed of the manors of Benham Lovell and Westbrooke, and of Wellford and Boxore al's Boxworth Easton and Holbenham al's Howbenham, with lands at Offington al's Uffington, and the advowson and patronage of the churches, vicarages, and chapels of Wellford and Boxore al's Boxworth, all in co. Berks, as well as certain lands, tenements, &c., at Dripole, Holdernesse, and Stapleton, co. York ; also that there was a post-nuptial settlement, dated 3 March, 1621/2, on his son and daughter-in-law, Abraham and Susanna. From the Inq. p.m. of the said "Abraham Jhones of Welford, Esq." (Chancery, 5 Car. L, pt. i., No. 106), taken at Reading 29 May, 1628, we learn (inter alia) that George Jhones was then his son and next heir, of the age of four years "and more" at the time of his father's death on 21 January, 1627/8 (therefore born in or about 1623). W. I. R. V.

"GRIN THROUGH" (9 th S. viii. 225). In the painting of woodwork, when the second coat, say of vermilion, is made to show through the third, say of brown, by passing the brush over it while the last coat is still wet, the result is spoken of as "brush-grain." This is not given among the special combinations of " brush "in the' H.E.D.'

ARTHUR MAYALL.

HERALDIC (9 th S. viii. 144). The hand being the chief working member of the body both in peace and war, it has in some instances been used to signify amity and trust, and often, when grasping a dagger or sword, &c., to intimate that some special deed has been accomplished. Boswell's 'Armorie,' 1597, p. 119, gives a hand in the arms of the family of Dare, and says, "to give, for surety of peace is given therewith, and it is also the witness of faith and trust," &c. Leigh in his
 * Accedence of Armorie' writes the same.

that " the [family of] Quartermanus bear four hands, viz., male and female, and Tremain three as a note of Power, or as Maynard or Maine bears it [three hands], in sigrie of Sincerity. The right is a symbol of Faith, the left of Justice, and two right hands con- joined, of Union and Alliance." As to the crest of stag's head, T. P. I. does not give the names of the families who used it in con- junction with the charge of the hand ; and had he done so, it would be difficult to assign a reason for the assumption.
 * Armilogia,' by Sylvanus Morgan, 1666, states

JOHN RADCLIFFE.

"TALL LEICESTERSHIRE WOMEN" (9 th S. viii. 64, 248). MR. MAYALL wonders at the phrase "almost a native." Of course it cannot be defended logically^ but I scarcely see " where the wonder comes in." Surely the meaning of the expression is clear enough. I have known Leicestershire so well from my birth (which occurred within a mile of its northern border), I have spent so much of my life among Leicestershire people, and finally I have so much Leicestershire^ blood in my veins, that I instinctively think ^ of myself as a native of the county. We derive our being (humanly speaking) not from the place in which, but the parents of whom, we were born. C. C. B.

REDMAYNE FAMILY (9 th S. viii. 243). Six communications respecting this family between A.D. 1487 and 1661 have appeared in 2 n(1 S. viii., x. ; 4 th S. viii. ; 6 th S. ii.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

NINEVEH AS AN ENGLISH PLACE - NAME (9 th S. viii. 185). I fancy such nomenclature is the result of a freak or a whim. There is a farm near here called Africa, another is termed Spain. Near Moffat, in Dumfriesshire, are farms named Egypt and Valenciennes. Their owner fought against Napoleon, and named his farms in memory of his fights. If I remember rightly, other two of them are termed Quatre Bras and Hougomont.

W. E. WILSON.

Hawick.

Tn immediate proximity to the once famous Soho works of Boulton & Watt at Hands- worth, near Birmingham, is a hamlet once inhabited chiefly by families employed at the works, and which was known in my early years, and I suppose is still, as Nineveh, jokingly described when spoken of as " that wicked city." I never heard, and I cannot find on searching local histories, how it came by that appellation. C. T. SAUNDERS.