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is the story of the German captive to be found? F. C. M.

CHARLES LAMB'S POEM 'ANGEL HELP.' The foot-note to this poem in 'Album Verses ' runs thus :

"Suggested by a drawing in the possession of Charles Aders, Esq., in which is represented the Legend of a poor female Saint ; who, having spun past midnight to maintain a bed-rid mother, has fallen asleep from fatigue, and Angels are finishing her work. In another part of the chamber an Angel is tending a lily, the emblem of purity."

Can any one tell me where I shall be likely to find a copy of this print ? It is probably German, as Mr. Aders's collection was wholly or largely of the works of German masters, great and little. E. V. LUCAS.

CUCKLAND. I came upon this surname in a Bedfordshire register. What are its origin and meaning 1 Is it a misspelling of Kirk- land 1 FRANCIS BROWN.

61, Mildmay Park, N.

ARCHITECT'S NAME WANTED. According to the Builder, 12 May, 1855, quoting from " the last report" of the Christian Knowledge Society, which I have not seen, " the fittings of the nave and choir of the cathedral church at Colombo were of ebony, and the whole fabric was superintended by a corporal in the 15th Regiment, who was a carpenter at Greenwich previous to his enlisting. He was entirely self- taught ; also he was the architect of a church in Ceylon."

Can any one tell me the name of this soldier architect ? AYEAHR.

DOCKLOW. There is a village called by this name near Leominster in Herefordshire. Now " low " is an old English word for hill, and Prof. Skeat tells us (under 'Low, 3,' in his 'Etymological Dictionary ') that Ludlow signifies people's hill. Docklow is placed on an eminence, so that we need not doubt that the second syllable in it also means " hill." But what does the first syllable mean? It occurs in some other place-names, e g., Docking in Norfolk. W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath.

GORNALL = TROUGHTON. I seek informa- tion about the parentage, origin, &c., of Nancy Gornall, who about 1770 married Aaron Troughton, bearward of Preston (vide ' Troughton,' Burke's ' Landed Gentry '). Please write direct. H. GORNALL.

Bicton Vicarage, Shrewsbury.

PRIVATE PRINTING PRESS. I have been reading a book called 'The Working Man's. Way in the World,' by "A Journeyman

British Museum is a list of forfeitures in the reign of William III. W. H. M.

GREEN CRISE OR CRYSE. About two miles from Hereford the road to Hoar withy forms an avenue about 600 or 700 yards long. The name this part goes by is the Green Crise or Cryse. What are the derivation and meaning of the word Crise, and what is the correct way of spelling it 1 C. IRVING JONES.

FRENCH GENEALOGY. !. Can any reader inform me whether there are any pedigrees from the French College of Arms extant, and, if so, whether they are now kept among the archives of the Bibliotheque Nationale 1

2. What is the address of the Inst. Heraldique de France ?

3. I should like the address of some reliable person who, for a moderate fee, would copy a short pedigree if necessary.

C. J. BRUCE ANGIER. 101, The Grove, Ealing, W.

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THEOPHILUS BUCK WORTH : EDWARD HYDE, EARL OF CLARENDON : PHILIP BYGO. Can any one inform me as to the parentage of Theophilus Buckworth, Bishop of Dromore (1582-1652)? He married Sarah, daughter of Arland Ussher by his wife Margaret Stani- hurst.

Also I want the parentage of Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon, and Lord Chancellor of England temp. Charles II. and James II.

Can any one give me the arms of Philip By go, of King's County, temp. Charles II. 1 KATHLEEN WARD.

[Edward Hyde was son of Henry Hyde, of Dinton, Wiltshire, by Mary Langford, of Trow- bridge. 'D.N.B.']

MACAULAY'S ESSAYS. 1. "His book [Bos- well's] resembles nothing so much as the con- versation of the inmates of the Palace of Truth." Where is the Palace of Truth re- ferred to in literature ?

2. "Sometimes drinking Champagne and Tokay with Betty Careless " (from the same essay). In what play, novel, tale, or essay is Betty Careless to be found ?

3. ** By plagues and by signs, by wonders and by war" (essay on Burleigh). What is the source of this quotation ?

4. -'The new king of Spain, emancipated from control, resembled that wretched Ger- man captive who, when the irons which he had worn for years were knocked off, fell prostrate on the floor of his prison" (essay on the * War of the Spanish Succession'). Where