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painting in oils " in the house of the Rev.
Robert Nixon, himself an artist, father of
the Rev. F. Russell Nixon, who was incum-
bent of Sandgate, 1836-8, and afterwards
Bishop of Tasmania. R. J. FYNMORE.
Sandgate.
MAREIOTT OF UGHILL. Hunter, in his
- F. M. G.,' vol. i. p. 5, reproduces a para-
graph which appeared in The Sheffield Independent of 12 November, 1853, from which I extract the following :
"The Marriotts derived their name from the town of Marriott, in Normandy, whence three brothers, Rudolph, Augustine, and William, accom- panied the Conqueror to England, and from their bravery at the battle of Hastings under Du Buisby received grants of lands. According to the charter of the Marriotts, it appears that the Manor of Ughill, or, as it is termed, Uggeechala, was given to them without power of alienation. We find the Marriotts taking an active part in the Barons' wars (Adam and Thomas de Marriott in the time of Edward I.), and also in those of the Roses, fighting under De Clifford (Thomas de Marriott, 15 Henry VI.). From this period to that of the Civil Wars the Marriotts were chiefly engaged in foreign wars, till about 1647 we find John Marriott, of Ughill, a celebrated Parliamentarian, who was several times lined or plundered by the Royalists of Sheffield Castle."
There was an Adam of Uggil and also a Henry in the Lay Subsidy Roll for Brad field, 25 Edw. I.
I shall be grateful for answers to the following questions :
1. What is now known of the " town of Marriott, in Normandy" 1 ? What is its modern name 1 and what old maps of Normandy are available for reference ?
2. What is known of this charter of the Marriotts 1 Would it be handed to the Marriotts, or retained and recorded 1 If so, where should search be made for it or some trace of it ?
3. Where can the fullest information be obtained of the men who served under De Buisby and De Clifford ? Please reply direct.
T. WALTER HALL. 11, George Street, Sheffield.
KENNEDY FAMILY OF CULLEAN. I shall be greatly obliged to any one who will give me the names of all the sons of Sir John Kennedy, second baronet, of Cullean (Scot- land). Authorities accessible to me mention only the three who succeeded to the baronetcy. WM. HAND BROWNE.
Baltimore, U.S.
THERMOMETER SCALE. I possess an old mirror, 2 ft. 6 in. high and 1 ft. 9 in. broad, set in a walnut frame, and said to be of Queen Anne date. ID the frame is inserted
on the right side a quicksilver barometer ;
on the left a thermometer, with a very un-
usual registering of the temperature. The
tube is 2 ft. long, and at the top are the
words "extream hot" 0, and it works
down to 95 ("extream cold "), or it may be
100, as the last lines are hidden in the wood
that protects the bulb. Is there any known
date at which this mode of registering was
used. ALFRED GILL.
Farringdon Rectory, Exeter.
COPYRIGHT IN LETTERS. When an author has published in a book, for the first time, a letter written by some historical person, is there any copyright which would be infringed if another author used the whole or part of such letter in a subsequent publication 1
E. C. B.
FRANCIS HALL, OF VENEZUELA. From 1802 to 1807 a boy named Hall was a com- moner at Winchester College, where in 1807 he won the gold medal, given by the Prince of Wales, for English verse on * The Fall of Babylon.' I should like to obtain particulars of his subsequent career. According to a manuscript note by the late M. E. C. Wal- cott, he was Francis Hall, became a general in Bolivar's army, and was killed in Vene- zuela. Any information throwing light upon this statement would be welcome. H. C.
" MISICKS." In the churchwardens' ac- count-books in the parish chest of Lymm, Cheshire, this word appears ; e.g., the assess- ment of William Domvile, Esq., in 1691 was 200. and 51. 10s., the latter being made up by valuation for his " Misicks " 3l., and for George Domvile's " widdow" 2J. 10s.
As no clue is to be found in the books themselves to the meaning of the word " Misicks," neither can any light be thrown on it locally, perhaps this appeal to a wider circle will be more successful.
WM. BAYLEY.
Lymm.
SHAKESPEARE AXD THE MUSICAL GLASSES. The following sentence occurs in Mrs. Oliphant's novel 'Harry Joscelyn 3 : "Mr. Selby lingered, and talked Shakespeare and the musical glasses with Mrs. Joscelyn." Can any of your readers tell me what is meant by the allusion to the musical glasses ?
J. BULLOCH. [See Goldsmith's c Vicar of Wakefield,' chap, ix.]
FALSTAFF ON HONOUR. Falstaff, in his monologue on the essence of honour, says : " What is in that word honour 1 what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath
