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Oldmixon (10 S. vi. 249, 416 ; 12 S. x. 237, 296). There seems no doubt that John Oldmixon, merchant in Bengal, was the son of the John Oldmixon who was one of his securities, for on Dec. 9, 1730, a "representation of Mr. John Oldmixon in behalf of his son Mr. John Oldmixon, Senior Merchant in Bengali," was referred to the Committee of Correspondence by the Court of Directors of the E.I. Co. L. M. ANSTEY.
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD PENDERELL <12 S. x. 169, 256, 296). A scrapbook in my possession contains an engraving from The Gentleman's Magazine for September, 1809, Plate II., from sketches made July 15, 1807, entitled ' Remains of Priory Church at White Ladies, Shropshire.' The upper por- tion of the plate gives a view of White Ladies ; the lower half of the page shows two Norman doorways, an ornamental flooring-tile and what appears to be the Penderel gravestone, the inscription on which slightly differs from that given at the last reference quoted above and is as follows : Here lyeth The bodie of a Friende The King did Call Dame Joane But Now Shee is Deceast and Gone Interred Anno Do 1669 It is possible that a reference to The Gentle man's Magazine would afford MRS. ANDER SON the information she desires, or at all events put her on the track. H. T. POLLARD. THE STARS AND STRIPES (12 S. x. 307). Design thought to have been suggested by the arms of Washington, the exact descrip tion of which I forget, but they are shown on a seal in the Treasury at Durham, with stars in chief and field barry and date medieval. j. T. F. Winterton, Lines. By a resolution of Congress dated June 14, 1777, Paul Jones was put in command oi the ' Banger ' ; on board her he hoisted for the first time in the American Navy the new national flag of 13 stripes and 13 stars (Admiral Mahan's ' John Paul Jones in the Bevolution '). ' Serapis ' captured by Jones in ' Bon Homme Richard,' and ' Countess of Scarborough ' by Capt. Cottineau in ' Pallas,' 23 Sept. 1779 (Report of John Paul Jones to His Excellency Benjamin Franklin, dated Oct. 3, 1779, "on Doard the ship of War ' Serapis ' at anchor without the Texel in Holland," from ' John Paul Jones Commemoration at Annapolis,' compiled under the direction of the joint com- mittee on printing by Charles W. Stewart, Super- intendent, Library and Naval War Records ; Washington, Government Printing Office, 1907). W. COURTHOPE FORMAN. CHARLES ALCOCK (12 S. x. 310). The query evidently refers to Charles Wm. Alcock, J.P., born at Sunderland, Dec. 2, 1842, died at Brighton, Feb. 26, 1907. Founded Cricket in 1882 ; for 29 years edited James Lilly white's Cricketers' Annual and was chief contributor to * Surrey Wcket : its History and Associations,' published in 1902. BRUCE McWiLLiAM. HERALDIC : ARMS OF MILL HILL SCHOOL (12 S. x. 210). The following will be found for Mill Hill School in Fox-Davies's ' Public Arms ' (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1915) : Argent a cross gules, on a chief azure three mullets or. Motto : Et virtutem et musas. [Of no authority.] M. H. C. W. As to the origin of these arms, I think they were first used in 1869, when the school was re- opened under Dr. R. F. Wey- mouth, and probably the authorities of the school had recently obtained a grant of them from the Heralds' College. I recollect, when I arrived in that year, seeing them on the backs of hall chairs and at the head of examination papers, &c. The motto was then Excelsior, but this was in two or three years superseded by Et virtutem et musas, from a doubt, I believe, as to whether the former correctly conveyed the exact meaning intended. PENRY LEWIS. PALAVICINI ARMS (12 S. x. 309). The arms of this family are blazoned as follows in Burke's ' General Armory ' : Pallavicini (an Italian family settled in Co. Cambridge). Or, a cross quarter pierced az. on a chief of the first a ragged staff f essways sa. In ' Armorial XJniversel ' (L. Curmer, Paris, 1844), we find : Pallavicini d Rome, a Genes, en Milanais, en Pie~mont et en Suisse. Cinq points d'or qui- polle"s k quatre d'azur ; au chef du premier charge 1 d'une fasca al&s6e, bretess^e de sable. It will be seen that the arms adopted by the family, or branch of this family, which settled in Cambridgeshire, differ consider- ably from those borne by this family in their native country. CROSS -CROSSLET.
