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48 Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. Trinity, M.I.), of Exeter, merchant, and his wife Mary Munckly, Mar. Lies., Exeter, 29 May, 1682 (buried Holy Trinity, 13 April, 1734). Tidwell House, in 1810, was the property of John Edye, of Pinney, in right of his wife. Walter Oke's sister Maria was the wife of James Manning, of George's Meeting (see D. S^C.N. S'Q., vol. vi, p. 222). Henry Walrond, of the City of Exeter, Esqre., in his Will dated 5 Aug., 1728, proved 15 March, 172I (P.C.C.), bequeaths " My Manor of Tidwell-cum-Budley and lands in East Budley upon trust for my eldest son Henry Walrond; to my said son Henry whilst at the Temple." Henry Walrond, of Bedford House, in the City of Exon, Esqre., " Counsellor," bur. Holy Trinity 3 Jan. 1746, in his Will, dated 30 Aug., 1746, proved 24 Jan., 174I (P.C.C.), bequeaths "To my brother John Walrond and his heirs for ever my new capital Messuage and my Barton and Farm of Tidwell, and my Manor of Tidwell, in East Budleigh ; also all my goods, etc., in Tidwell new house." A. J. P. Skinner. 43. The Itinerary of John Leland (IX., Appendix, p. 8). — In the last par. on p. 8, enumerating the bridges over the River Tamar, the bridge next below Greystone Bridge is called Hawte Bridge. This should probably be Hawse Bridge, the name by which it is now known being Horse Bridge. Horse Bridge is quite close to Hingston Down, and some connection with Hengst and Horsa has often been suggested, probably without warrant in the latter case. A. C. 44. KiTTERY, Devon. — May I trouble your readers about a matter in which I am interested, and concerning which I have tried to get information without success from England ? In Stackpole's history. Old Kittery and her Families, there appears this statement: — "As to the origin of the name of Kittery, some have guessed at it and stated their guesses as historical facts. ... It is certain that Alexander Shapleigh, who built the first house at Kittery Point about 1635, came from a place called Kittery Point in Kingswear(e) near Dartmouth, England, and without doubt he gave the name 10 the spot where he built. Kittery Point was so called