Replies. THE HAWKHURST GANG. (12 S. vi. 67, 153.) THERE is a considerable-if rather diffuse latter local tradition accords the following story. One Sunday morning, whilst every one was at church except the old cook, who was preparing the Sunday dinner, a convoy guarded by three of the Hawkhurst gang came down the sheer-way. One of them came to the house and demanded-or rather begged in a menacing manner-the dinner bibliography of this notorious gang of that the old lady was preparing. The smugglers who operated during the first half smuggler was dressed up as a woman, but the of the eighteenth century, and whose diem old lady noticed something about his feet clausit extremum was effected through the which gave him away; and, instinctively instrumentality of the ci-devant smuggler, guessing who he really was, she smote him John Pixley. The tradition here referred to over the head with her basting ladle, and he is recorded in 'The Smugglers,' by Harper. dropped like a log, falling into the fire. References to the gang may also be found in Immediately the old lady hurried off and G. P. R. James's novel of the same name; in rang the great bell-a relic probably of the Furley's Weald of Kent'; and in the old priory. The sound of the bell was heard Proceedings of the Sussex Archæological by some one who-evading the sermon most Society. The house referred to is presum-likely—was in the churchyard of the parish ably that which is now incorporated in the church. He ran in and gave the alarm to stable belonging to Lord Goschen's present the congregation, who immediately trooped house. to the rescue. When they arrived at the farm they found that the poor old lady had been swung up, apparently by the backlash of the great bell, and had broken her back. No trace of the smugglers--who had removed their injured comrade-was, however, to be found; and perhaps it was just as well. 66 were Sea-cock' and "smuggler synonymous terms for these gentry; and it is imagined by some that the name of the heath is derived from that fact. This, however, is not the case, the medieval name of the heath having been Sicocks Hoth. Not that smuggling did not exist in those days. Paradoxically, evasion of the law is An insalubrious spot this for cooks antecedent to the law-being a very cause apparently! For it was at Flimwell in of it; and this form of evasion is a very 1264 that, owing to the murder of his cook There is an amusing story here, Henry III. caused many of the country -connected with this name. The first Lord round, who had been summoned as the local Goschen was anxious to get at its deriva-levy to assist him against his rebellious tion; and with this purpose applied to a very old inhabitant of the neighbouring village of Flimwell. With a smile of pleasure at being able to impart information of any sort, the old man assured him that it was so called from the fact that at one part of it one could see Cox Heath (near Maidstone). ancient one. barons, to be "surrounded like so many On the highroad to Hastings from London, a bare mile short of Flimwell Vent, and just before you come to the Pillory, standing a short way north of the road, is the site of the old Priory of Combwell. On the site is a solidly built farmhouse, erected towards the end of the eighteenth century from the ruins of a house which itself had been erected about a century previously from the MAISON ROUGE, FRANKFORT (12 S. v. 321). ruins of the old priory. The present house-In Letters from Italy,' by Mariana is remarkable for two things. One is for Starke, 2nd edit., 1815, vol. ii., p. 302, i.e.,in a sculptured plaque let into the gable end the Appendix, s.v. Frankfort, the names of on the north side. The other is for a curious three inns are given. The first is "La bust over the front door representing a stout Maison rouge (one of the best in Europe)." old lady with a basting ladle in her hand. This praise does not quite equal that given The former is possibly an old sign of the by Mrs. Starke, ibid., p. 113, to L'Hôtel de ROBERT PIERPOINT. PHARMACEUTICAL BOOK-PLATES (12 S. vi. 131).—The Chemist and Druggist published several articles on this subject, with illustrations, in August and September, 1907. The names included Wm. Oliver (of biscuit fame), John Maud of Aldersgate Street,, and others. I kept the articles but regret I cannot lay my hands on them at present. J. DE BERNIERE SMITH. 4 Gloucester Gate, Regent's Park, N.W.1. BATTLE BRIDGE CINDERS AND MOSCOW (12 S. vi. 135). MR. PAUL DE CASTRO, at the conclusion of his descriptive note on the site of the present King's Cross station, states that the cinders formerly accumulated on the site "were eventually purchased by Russia for use in the rebuilding of Moscow.' Having in former years imported many and various classes of goods into Russia from this country, this statement seems to me extraordinary. Moscow was burnt in 1812. The first railway built in Russia, from Petrograd to Tsarskoe-selo was not opened until 1837 and the Nikolai railway to Moscow was not built until 1851. To transport cinders by ship to Russia and cart them 400 miles to Moscow is unthinkable. Another correspondent shows that the site of Battle Bridge was taken in hand by speculative builders and re-named in 1821. It would be interesting to know whence MR. DE CASTRO'S statement is derived. HUGH R. WATKIN. Chelston Hall, Torquay. PIRIE (12 S. vi. 11, 116).—Burke's 'Peerage,' 1851, gives the best pedigree as follows: "William Pirie of Rothieniäy, co. Banff, m. Isabella Thain, and d. 1793, leaving a son, John Pirie of Dunse, co. Berwick, who m. Helen (d. Sept. 25, 1838), dau. of George Renton of Paxton, in same county, and d. Nov. 12, 1812, having had John, created a bart. April 13, 1842; William and George, both d. young; Isabel, m. 1794 to John Aitcheson of Dunse; Christian, m. 1803 to George Gibson of Alnwick-upon-Tweed; and Jean, m. 1813 to Andrew Pirie of Kelso. Sir John Pirie was b. Sept. 18, 1781, m. April, 'THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES' (12 S. vi. 131).-The book with the above title is merely an English translation, published in 1738, of the following book: "Tableaux du temple des Muses, tirez du cabinet de feu M. Favereau, et gravez en taillesdouces par les meilleurs maistres [C. Bloemmaert, &c.] pour représenter les vertus et les vices sur les. plus illustres fables de l'antiquité; avec les descriptions, remarques, et annotations; composées par....M. de M. [Michel de Marolles]. Paris, 1855." Another edition, with the descriptions and notes partly founded upon those of Marolles, was published at Amsterdam in 1733, as: follows: : Le temple des Muses, orné de LX. tableaux où sont représentés les évènemens les plus remarquables de l'antiquité fabuleuse; dessinés et gravés par B. Picart et autres... maîtres, et accompagnés d'explications et de remarques [by A. de la Barre de Beaumarchais] qui découvrent le vrai sens des fables, &c." "PADDINGTON GREEN, is about a mile N.N.W, from Tyburn turnpike, on which stands Paddington House, the residence of Mr. Symmonds. In the front court are four bronzed antique figures, very fine. This gentleman possesses a most ample forttune, and is of very great and improved allowance.* and he had a choice and rare collection of plants, exotic and indigenous, which were arranged according to the Linnean system. It is reported that the ground thus formerly scientifically occupied, is now appropriated to the purposes of common vegetation. Where the proud canna rear'd his lofty head, The curling parsley forms an humble bed; Where the rich orange bow'd with odorous fruit, The trailing pea extends his vagrant shoot. A." JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. THE THIRD TROOP OF GUARDS (12 S. vi. 111, 156).-I should be obliged if MR. W. R. WILLIAMS could inform me whether he knows of any record which could be searched to see if the name of James Younger appears as belonging to the Third Troop. He was the father of a celebrated actress, who afterwards married the Hon. John Finch, brother of the Earl of Winchelsea. Her mother was a near relative of Keith Earl Marshal. G. W. YOUNGER. 2 Mecklenburgh Square, W.C.1. STOBART FAMILY (12 S. vi. 132). The following notices of members of the Stobart (Stobberd, Stobbert) family of Broomley, Northumberland, from my collection of Northumberland family records, may help in compiling a pedigree of this family:1. William Stobberd was a tenant in teh Lee in Riding by Bywell St. Andrew, Northumberland, in 1524. 2. Matho Stobart attended the Muster Roll, with horse and harness, for Broomley by Bywell St. Peter, Northumberland, in 1538; was a lessee of a tenement of 12 acres at the annual rent of 12s. in Broomley, by lease of Sept. 15, 1566, for twenty-one years; and was living in 1570 and 1576. 3. Edmund Stobert (probably son of Mathew) was tenant of a tenement in Broomley of 12 acres at the annual rent of 12s. in 1595 and in 1608. 4. Edmond Stobart (perhaps same as last) was rated at 61. for his freehold in Broomley in the Book of Rates in 1663. 5. Edward Stobert (perhaps son of Edmund) paid the hearth-tax or subsidy for one chimney in Broomley in 1665. 6. George Stobbertt paid the hearth-tax for one chimney in New Ridley Greavship by Broomley in 1665. 7. Thomas Stobart of Troughend by Elsdon, Northumberland, voted at the election of knights of the shire of Northumberland, in respect of lands at New Ridley by Broomley, in 1748 and 1774. 8. Richard Stobart was awarded an pasture appurtenant to lands in New Ridley by Broomley, on the enclosure of Broomley Common in 1817. 9. George Stobart was awarded an allotment of two acres at the same place in 1817.. 10. Charles Stobart voted at the election of knights of the shire of Northumberland for his freehold lands in New Ridley by Broomley in 1826 and 1832. 11. Emanuel Stobart of Dunglas in Scotland voted at the same election for his free-. hold farm at Redshaw foot, Ridley, in 1832.. J. W. FAWCETT. Templetown House, Consett. PRINCE CHARLES IN NORTH DEVON (12 S. vi. 36, 150).-Was it not Christabella, the wife of Edmund Wyndham, who was Prince Charles's nurse ?-a lady of a very different stamp from Anne Wyndham, née Gerard. Edmund was the eldest brother of Francis. CONSTANCE RUSSELL. Swallowfield Park, Reading. 66 66 DIDDYKITES AND GIPSIES (12 S. vi. 149). In Somerset this word is "didicoy" or didicai," and we natives of the "Land of Summer pride ourselves that it is. peculiar to our county, and, in fact, is limited to a somewhat prescribed portion. A didicai is a gipsy. The term is more likely to be heard in the district of Crewkerne, Chard, Landport, and Castle Cary than elsewhere. A variant of it has apparently slipped over the border into Dorset, but by whatever name gipsies may be known I think it is only in Somerset one will hear them called "didicais.' It will bewaste of time to look in the ordinary dictionary or local glossary for the word and, therefore, there is much doubt as to its derivation. Some assert that it means a deceiver or pretender. Years ago, in Somerset cottages, if a child were offered something and declined it, though it was well known the present would be acceptable, the remark was made: "She (or he) is a regular little didicai," meaning a pretender. And would not this explanation apply to the old-fashioned gipsy who used to come round to the country cottages and pretend to forecast the future? There was nothing which used to please us more as children than to see a little boy didicai." He was always quaintly picturesque, because he was a reduced copy of the old "didicai his father-even to the billycock hat and the cut of his little trousers, coat, waistcoat, and coloured scarf. These children always appeared shy when among strangers, spoke 66 EARLIEST CLERICAL DIRECTORY (12 S. vi. 64, 157).-I think Clerical Directories must go back a good deal further than 1858. I have a Clergy List for 1849,' published by C. Cox at The Ecclesiastical Gazette Office, 12 King William Street, Strand. It contains, as set out on the title-page :— Alphabetical List of the Clergy in England and Wales; List of the Clergy of the Scottish Episcopal Church; Lists of the Clergy of Colonial Dioceses; Alphabetical List of Benefices with Post Towns, &c.; Cathedral Establishments, and Collegiate Chapters; Benefices arranged under their Ecclesiastical Divisions; Ecclesiastical Preferments in the Patronage of the Crown, the Bishops, Deans and Chapters, &c. This may be the earliest Clerical Directory; The Colchester Public Library possesses the following works :— 1. The Clerical Guide' (ut supra). 2. "Patroni Ecclesiarum, or Patrons of the Dignities. Rectories, Vicarages, a list of the Perpetual Curacies, Chapelries, Endowed Lectureships, &c., of the United Church of England and This not exceeding 150l. per annum as returned to Parliament in MDCCCXVIII." London, printed for C. J. G. & F. Rivington, MDCCCXXXI. has, at the end: "An Alphabetical List of the Prelates, Dignitaries, Beneficed Clergy, &c., of the Church of England." 3. "The Clergy List for 1854, containing alphabetical list of the Clergy in England and Wales....in Ireland....of the Scottish Episcopal List of Benefices with post towns, &c." Church....of Colonial Dioceses; Alphabetical London: published by C. Cox. At the Ecclesiastica: Gazette Office. 1854.-The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books gives 1841 as the earliest issue of this work. Colchester. GEORGE RICKWORD. I happen to possess a much earlier edition than that in the library of the Leeds Church Institute, viz. :— "The Clerical Guide or Ecclesiastical Directory: containing a Complete Register of the Prelates or Benefices in England and Wales, arranged alphaother Dignitaries of the Church; a List of all the betically in their Several Counties, Dioceses, Archdeaconries, &c. Incumbents, the population of the Parishes, Value The names of their respective of the Livings, Names of the Patrons, &c., &c.. and An Appendix containing Alphabetical Lists of those Benetices which are in the Patronage of the Crown, the Bishops, Deans and Chapters, and other Public Bodies. London: Printed for F. C. & J. Rivington, 62 St. Paul's Churchyard, by R. & R. Gilbert, St. John's Sqre., Clerkenwell. 1817, Demy 8vo., pp. x., xvi., 312. A second edition, containing pp. iv, xxxix, 300, appeared in 1822, and a new edition in 1836, when it ceased. The first issue of The Clergy List appeared in 1842. Crockford commenced in 1858, second issue 1860....the eighth in 1876, after which it has been issued annually. J. CLARE HUDSON. Thornton V., Horncastle. I have in my possession 'The Clergy List the Clergy in England and Wales,' Alphafor 1854,' containing: Alphabetical List of betical List of the Clergy in Ireland,' 'List 66 "Church,' Lists of the Clergy of Colonial Hawkshead still keeps its old-world charm, Dioceses,' Alphabetical List of Benefices,' and remains much as it was in Wordsworth's and a good deal of other information. It time. When, at a turn of the road, he was published by C. Cox at The Ecclesiastical saw the snow-white church upon her hill " Gazette Office, 12 King William Street, he was on the way to spend there his first Strand. On the title-page is printed: "To summer vacation since he became an underbe published annually,' which seems to graduate at Cambridge. He always kept imply that this may have been the first a warm corner in his heart for the place of his issue. I have always understood that school-days and its surroundings, as well as "The Clergy List' was older than Crock- for the kind and motherly old dame with ford.' The present issue of Crockford' is whom he lodged, and it was at her cottage the fiftieth, which only takes us back to that he spent his vacation. 1869, supposing it to have been published S. BUTTERWORTH. annually. The Clergy List' was amalgamated with 'Crockford' a year or two ago. 24 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.2. 'Prelude,' bk. iv., 1. 21. 66 [Several other correspondents thanked for supplying this reference.] NO MAN'S LAND (12 S. vi. 130, 178).—In Loftie's History of London (London, Stanford, 1883), vol. ii., p. 169, speaking of the prebendal manors of St. Paul's, the author says :— 66 These prebendal manors originally no doubt remote period, when land was not very valuable, came up to the very walls of the city. But at a and life insecure without special protection, a series of monasteries sprung up just outside the walls-St. Bartholomew, for instance, was built on waste ground, as we are told. But waste or cultivated, the ground was stolen from a prebend, perhaps that of Holborn. There is a notice in the Domesday Book of a small holding near Newgate, called No man's land.' This became part of the Charterhouse.' The author adds in a footnote : "There is a full and careful account of the foundation by Archdeacon Hale in the Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society, vol. iii., p. 309." I have not access to these Transactions here, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LEPERS IN ENGLAND The reference is to Hawkshead Church, and though a strictly accurate observer might criticize the term snow-white," it is the right word to conjure up at a stroke the general impression of Hawkshead. No one who has seen the place can fail to remember in how great a degree the humble loveliness (12 S. vi. 150).—Are there such things? I of this tiny market town depends on white-am not aware of any evidence that the low wash, which attains its utmost effectiveness on many of the cottage walls, as a background for climbing nasturtiums and other vivid flowers. M. F. MACAULAY 64 Lansdowne Road, W.11. 6 J. T. F. will find the reference he is in search of in Wordsworth's Prelude (bk. iv., Summer Vacation '). The passage runs thus: [ut supra]. The church was that of the parish of Hawkshead, in which village the poet passed several years at the grammar-school, which side windows in some chancels were ever used for communicating lepers. This is one of many guesses about them. They were most likely intended for the ringing of the sacring bell (a hand-bell) so as to be heard outside. They are usually found in thirteenth-century chancels, and appear to have been superseded by fixed bells on gables or in turrets, which arrangements are rarely found so early. These windows occasionally occur in chapels to which a cemetery has never been attached, and which are on an upper floor several feet from the ground. There is reason to |