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called Yewer, sometyine a freeman of London of
the Company of the Marchant Tailors, was
drawen to Tiburne for dyminishinge of the
Kinges coyne, as he confessed at the gallowes, to
the value of sixteen grottes, and their the said
Harford and Yewer were hanged, their bowells
brent, headded, and quartered."
But Saturday, the second week of Lent, was 23 March.
The real date is given in a letter from John Husee, Lord Lisle's agent, to Lady Lisle, dated 22 March, 1538, in which he says :
" To-day Mr. Harford of Plymouth is executed for treason, and with him a money washer " (' Letters and Papers, Hen. VIII.,' xiii. i. p. 214).
What was Harford's treason ? and what was his Christian name ?
JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. I should be glad to obtain any information concerning the following Old Westminsters : (1) Alexander Cockbourn, admitted 1734, aged 13. (2) Thomas Cockburn, son of James Cockburn of Kingston, Jamaica, left 1727. (3) Newell Cockman, admitted 1739, aged 14. (4) John Codere, admitted 1748, aged 10. (5) Henry Thomas Coghlan, born 27 March, 1813, admitted 1824. (6) Adam Cokeley, admitted 1744, aged 13. (7) William Fairfax Cole, born 15 Sept., 1809, admitted 1822. (8) Joseph Cole- batch, left 1689. (9) Eldred Mowbray Coles, born 20 June, 1811, admitted 1825. (10) Joseph Colley, left 1708. (11) Francis Spencer Collier, born 30 Sept., 1810, ad- mitted 1822. (12) George Samuel Collyer, admitted 1812. (13) Tobias Collins, 'ad- mitted 1719, aged 8. (14) George Colman, admitted 1748, aged 9. (15) Henry Combe, admitted 1780. (16) John Combes, ad- mitted 1721, aged 14. (17) Thoma Combes, admitted 1722, aged 10. (18) John Barfoot Cooke, admitted 1806. (19) Wil- liam Coope, admitted 1812. (20) Beau- champ Scarlett Cooper, born 3 Oct., 1823 admitted 1836. (21) Charles Cooper, ad mitted 1734, aged 7. G. F. R. B.
' THE LADY'S POCKET MAGAZINE ' AND
- THE ATHEN^IUM.' In The Lady's Pocke
Magazine for 1831, part i., is an article entitled ' Felicia Hemans : a Literary Sketch,' to which is appended the following foot-note :
" We have been tempted to transplant this very beautiful sketch from The. Athenceum, because it i a just and honorable tribute to one of the mos talented of our living female writers. Such an article receives additional importance when w
ssure our readers that it is the production of Mr.
if y ; a name, which certainly ranks the very
ighest on the list of critics."
3y the name it would seem that Francis effrey is intended. Is it the case that he ontributed an article on Mrs. Hemans to n he Athenceum ? If so, at what date did t appear ? and has it been reprinted any- vhere else ? I should also be glad to know low, and on what terms, The Lady's Pocket \lagazine came to print it. How long did his publication run ? Who was the editor ? ?he title - page gives as the publisher ' Joseph Robins, Bride Court, Bridge Street, London." F. E. H. R.
CLOCKS AND CLOCKMAKERS. A friend in his parish has a long, or grandfather's,
- lock, the name on the brass dial being
' R. Gilkes, Adderbury " ; and the former Vicar of Adderbury tells me he also has one the same maker. When did R. Gilkes lourish ?
A similar old clock of my own bears the name of " Wm. Stephens, Godallming." Is anything known about him ?
Why were the so-called " Act of Parlia- ment " clocks constructed with black faces ?
J. LANDFEAR LUCAS. Glendora, Hindhead, Surrey.
AUTHOR OF ' PADDIANA.' Who was the young officer who wrote ' Paddiana ' (Lon- don, 1847) and ' A Transport Voyage to Mauritius ' (1851) ? On the title-page of the first-named book he calls himself the author of ' A Hot Water Cure,' but I have not been able to find this in the British Museum Catalogue. L. L. K.
PREFIX " SCOTCH- " OR " SCOT-," PEM- BROKESHIRE. What is the meaning of the prefix to the following names of places in Pembrokeshire : Scotchwell, Scotland Wood, Scotsborough ? Probably any explanation given will apply also to Colby Scot.
PHCENIX.
ST. NICHOLAS'S LOAF. In some old notes on the parochial chapel of Liverpool, probably written about 1670, is the tradi- tion that " sea-folk getteth the Saint Nicho- las Loaf." Is anything known of this loaf in other ports ? J. B.
THE NATIONAL COLOUR OF WALES. Green is the colour associated with Ireland. What is the Welsh colour ? The Welsh leek is, I suppose, green and white, as in nature the lower part of the stalk is white.
G. E.
