us. in. JAN. 2i, 1911.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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ANDBEW LANG ON THE ODYSSEY. Some
fifteen years ago, about Christmastime, there
was an article by Mr. Andrew Lang in some
well-known illustrated paper, consisting of a
review of the Odyssey, at its first publication,
by the Theates of Chios. What is the refer-
ence to this article ? W. WALLAS.
PHIPPS on PHIP FAMILY. I have made a large collection of notes on persons of the name of Phipps and Phip of nearly every county in England, of Ireland, the West Indies, and of New England. It includes abstracts of many P. wills dating from 1521 to 1810, which I propose to get printed. I shall be glad to get more notes from old registers or documents, and to correspond with any one interested. I want especially to know more of the P. family of Notting- ham (and perhaps of Derbyshire) before 1600. Robert P. of St. Nicholas, Notting- ham (described as gentleman in his son's marriage licence), married, 1574, Isabel Brounley, and had sons George, William, Anthony. An administration was granted in 1615 to George P. of Robert P. " nuper de Baker, Notts," a place now unknown. George P. was of Edwalton, near Notting- ham, and married, 1606, Ann, dau. of William Elliott of Stoke, and widow of John Power of Edwalton. I cannot find his will. In 1616 an administration P.C.C. was granted to Ann, widow of George P. of Ufnng- ton, Lincoln.
Of George's children Francis, Caleb, Ann, Judith, the eldest Francis went to Reading about 1630, and owned " The Bear Inn " there ; he was imprisoned in Windsor Castle by the Parliamentarians. He married pro- bably three times, and by his second wife
Anne, dau. of Sharpe of Cirencester
(who left a will which I cannot find), had among others a son Capt. James P. of St. Kitts, West Indies, who continued my line there, and was killed in 1689 by the French during the siege. Another son was Sir Con- stantine P., an ancestor of the Mulgraves (see Crisp, vol. Notes).
I know a good deal about the families of Ecclesfield (York), of Oxford and Herts, of Warwick, and of Wilts.
What is the authority for the statement that a Col. William P. of Lincoln raised a regiment of horse for King Charles I. ? He was not the ancestor of Sir Constantino P., as Burke used to say. George P. of Ecclesfield, writing about 1740 to one of Sir Constantino's family, says that these two families had been confused, but then him- self confuses them. He says also that a Col.
P. was with Sir Francis Wortley when he
drove Hotham into Hull.
The name is spelt in fifty different ways, but in only one case have I found any sign of Phipps coming from Phillips.
I think I have a clue to the family of Sir William P., Governor of New England.
Communications should be addressed to R.A. Mess, Ferozepore, India.
H. R. PHIPPS, Major R.F.A.
LONDON GUNSMITHS AND THEIB WOKK. Is there any book of reference or monograph dealing with this subject ? I have collected the names of upwards of fifty makers who produced firearms during the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth, but with rare exceptions I can learn nothing about the individuals or firms. In many cases makers seem to have collaborated, one firm's name appearing on the barrel, while another's is engraved on the locks, but more often the names are the same on both.
Amongst the names which I have found engraved on examples of the period referred to are :
1. On Early eighteenth-century work. Hosey, John. Rowland, R. Tourney, John.
2. Middle eighteenth- century. Cahtman. Col- lumbell. Diemar. Hadley, H. Hudson, Thos, Mackenzie, D. Segallas. Shruder, James. Tur- Vey, \V.
3. Late eighteenth-century. Baker. Barbar. Barker. Bayr, Thos. Bidet. Davis, T. Griffin (Bond Street). Griffin & Tow. Harman, John. Huhnstock, A. Kolbe. Knubley. Nock. Nock, H. Parkes. Tanner. Tatham. Tatham & Egg.
4. Early nineteenth-century. Baker. Baker, E. Baker, Ezekiel. Baker, E., & Sons. Bate. Bates. Brown, E. (Strand). Brunn, S. (55, Charing Cross). Buresch, F. A. Clark (Holborn). Dupe & Co. Egg, D. Egg, Joseph (1, Picca- dilly). Gills. Manton. Manton, Joseph. Mor- timer, R. W. Mortimer, W. H. Mosely. Standenmayne or Staiidenmayer (this name appears in both forms).
Certain Silversmiths seem to have special- ized in making mounts, trigger-guards, &c., for gunsmiths. Three of these whose work recurs frequently were Mark Bock (Shoe Lane), Jeremiah or Jeconiah Ashley (Green Street), and John King. Some information regarding these is found in Jackson's ' English Goldsmiths and their W rk -'.
The same names reappear in different combinations, but the above are the most common. Baker, whose name occurs most frequently, was the maker of the first rifled weapon adopted by the British Army, as when the 95th Regiment was constituted as a rifle corps it was armed with a " rifled
