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NOTES AND QUERIES. rio s. x. DEC. 19, im.
CRAVEN FAMILY. I shall be obliged if 1 painter, practising in London, Lichfield,
some reader can supply me with a short and Shrewsbury, and an occasional exhibitor
pedigree in the male line (to present time, at the Royal Academy, 1787-93 (Redgrave's
if possible) of the sons of the Rev. John ' Dictionary of Artists of the British School' ).
Craven, of Chilton House, Wilts ; also sons Two of his works are now in the South Ken-
of John Craven (brother of 2nd Earl of sington collection. Perhaps, also, some
Craven), who married ( 1 ) Maria Rebecca of your readers may be able to tell me
Green, and (2) Mary Hicks. Did any sons where other of the painter's works are to
or grandsons settle in East Riding, Yorks, | be found. W. HEIGHWAY.
c. 1700-92 ? Please reply direct.
TRUSS-FAIL. What kind of game was this ? I do not find it either in Strutt's
C. SIMPSON.
- 2, Shorey Bank, Burnley.
ICKNIELD WAY. There is a reference in Elton's ' Origins of English History ' (p. 330, n. 2) to the Icknield Way in Hants and Wilts. The author quotes Tower Misc. Rec. 113, Peramb. Forest, 27 and 29 Edw. I., South. ; and says :
"The Survey of Buckholt Forest (Apr. 1, 28 Edw. I. ) contains passages relating to the road
in question. 'Begin at the Derieway and so
alwaies by the divisions of the counties of South- ampton and Wilts to th' Ikenilde Street, and thence by the same to La Pulle ; ' "
and "from Pyrpe-mere to th' Ikenilde, and so by the same road to Holewaye."
not find, it either in
' Sports and Pastimes ' or Brand's ' Anti-
quities.' It is mentioned in the following
announcement :
To the Writing-Masters that are Curious.
This Day is publish'd, A New Piece for the Use of their Schools : Being a beautiful Representation of the Humours of a Country Fair, and the following youthful Diver- sions, viz. Truss -Fail, Tumbling, Hot -Cockles, Playing at Cards, Youth riding Horses at a Fair, &c., allow'd by all that have seen it to far exceed any yet publish'd, which the Masters are desir'd to compare.
Sold, wholesale and retail, by James Cole, En- graver, at the Crown in Great Kirby - Street, Hatton-Garden. There may be had an old Piece,
Can any one inform me whether the docu- representing the taking of Porto Bello, &c. , and a
. hundred other different sorts, at the G
ments referred to above have been pub ,
lished, and help me to identify the place- Pnce ' ~ Daill J A dvertzser, / Nov., 1/41. names which occur ? The tithe-maps and I J - HOLDEN MAC.
award maps would probably be sufficient in default of a detailed knowledge of field- names. I should like to be able to identify the site of this Icknield Way very accurately.
O. G. S. CRAWFORD.
[For notices of the Icknield Way or Street see 7 S. xii. 73, 446 ; 8 S. i. 55, 214, 434 : 9 S. viii. 17, 73.]
PETER WYNNE, 1684-1731. Is anything known of the parentage of Peter Wynne (or Winne), living in St. Bride's parish, London, in 1713, and afterwards at Farn- borough, Kent, where he died 4 May, 1731, aged 47 years. His first wife was Agnes, and they had a son Peter, christened at St. Bride's, 25 Feb., 1713/14. His second wife was Gertrude Starkee, whom he married at St. Paul's,?Covent Garden, 2 July, 1717 ; and his third wife was Margaret Wilkinson of Tonbridge, whom he married at Farn- borough, 20 Feb., 1725/6.
common
1756, aged 77 years.
She died 17 Oct.,
G. R. B.
J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.
' LovE-1-LA-MoDE.' Can any reader kindly name the writer of this comedy ? It first appeared in 1663 as by T. S. The initials and period fit Thomas Shadwell, but he had barely attained his majority at the time, and nothing else of his appears to be known earlier than about 1668, whereas after the latter year his publications were fairly regular. WM. JAGGARD.
EDWARD YOUNG, AUTHOR OF ' NIGHT THOUGHTS.' According to the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' Young was a D.C.L. ; but on the tablet to his memory in Welwyn Church, Herts, he is described as LL.D. Which is correct ? S.
SIR JOHN SYDENHAM, BART., OF BROMP- TON. Further data are required about
Mary , widow of Sir John Sydenham,
and second wife of Andrew, Lord Gray of the peerage of Scotland. She died before 1632. PATRICK GRAY.
Dundee.
WANEY " TIMBER. What does the
HEIGHWAY FAMILY. I shall be glad if
some one will inform me if any, and what,
relationship existed between the family, _,
01 Us born W. Trenery Heighway author word " waney " mean ? The Merchant
Leila Ada, the Jewish Convert,' ' Ade- Shipping Act defines " heavy wood goods
line, &c., published in the fifties and my as " any square, round, waney, or other
grandfather Richard Heighwav, miniature timber." J. T. B.
