84 NOTES AND QUERIES. [i2s.vnijAK.29,i02i: ihad the dog on a chain and set him upon the pig, with the result that after lingering in pain (languebat) until Mar. 4, which was a Monday, the pig expired. On this day, however, Margaret Smith, instead of ex- pressing regret at what had occurred, added insult to injury by making use of the following words, in English (Anglice), " Richard Symons' wife did steal our gander. " This abominable charge was too much for the old officer, verus et fidelis legens Dominae Reginae et sic apud omnes graves homines et fideles subditos ejusdem Reginae a tempore nativitatis suae et ita inter omnes notes et vicinos suos acceptus, datus et reputatus, " the true and faithful liegeman of our lady the 'Queen, and among all grave men and faithful sub- jects of the same Queen from the time of his birth and among all his acquaintance and neighbours ac- cepted, allowed and well-reputed," who forthwith proceeded to claim damages in the Court of Record, 13s. 4c?. for his pig and 30s. for his wife. Three months later, on May 29, Richard Symons in his turn made a serious charge in public against the new resident at New Place. "You may see," he said, in scorn, "what honesty is in William Bott, that hath taken forty pence of Holloway to be a counsel with him against Rawlins, and now hath made Rawlins play against Holloway, of his own handwriting, and that I will justify. " From what we know of William Bott, Symons was not far wrong in his estimate of the Cloptons' agent. On June 1, three days after Symons' speech, Bott was at Snitterfield, making -the inventory of the goods of Henry Coles, the village blacksmith, with old Richard Shake- speare. EDGAB I. FRIPP. (To be continued.) LONDON COACHING AND CARRIERS INNS .IN 1732. (See ante, p. 61.) Castle : Smithfield. Coaches. M. . . Uttoxeter. Carrier. Tb. Oundle. Castle : Wood Street. Carriers. M. Th. . . Grantham, Stamford. M. . . Ashborn, Burton. Th. . . Bridgwater, Frome. F. .. Carlisle, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Kendal, Shrewsbury, Sheffield, Whitehaven. Wells. Castle and Falcon : Aldersgate Street. Coach. -M. . Birmingham. Carriers. M. F. S. Birmingham. M. TJQ. Chester, Denbigh, Drayton, St. Asaph, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Whitchm-ch, Newport (Salop). T. .. Newcastle (Staffs.). .. W. . . Litchfield [sic]. F. . . Leverpool, Stockport. S. . . Brickhill, Cranfield, Knotsford [sic], Macclesfield, Rugby. Catherine Wjeel : Bishopsgate Without. Coaches. Every day. Dulwich. W. S. Stretham [sic], Siddenham [sic]. Carriers. M. W. F. Broxburn, Cheshunt, Hertford, Wormley. T. Golden. Th. . . Chatris (? Chatteris). F. Ashwell.
- Chequer : Charing Cross.
Flying Coach. .M. W. F. Bath, Bristol. Coaches. V T. Th. S. Hampton Court.
- Coach and Horses : Charing Cross.
Coaches. Every day in summer. Epsom. T. Th. S. Chertsey. Coach and Horses : Against Somerset House. Coaches. Every .day. Acton, Chelsea, Eaton, Ealing, Hammersmith, Kensington. Cock : Aldersgate. Coaches. T. Th. S. Luton. Carrier. T. & F . . Welling ( Wellyn), Luton T. & S. St. Albans, W. Kimbolton. Th. . . Ampton, Fenny Stratford. M. . . Barnet. Cock : Old Street. Carriers. M. . . Baldock. T. & F. . . Steveneage [sic]. Cross Keys : Gracechurch Street. Coaches. Every day. Camberwell, Chatham, Clapham, i Croydon, Deptford, Epsom, Green wich, Rochester. M. W. F. Beccles, Ipswich, Portsmouth, Sax- mundham, Woodbridge. T. Th. S. Witham. M. F. . . Gosport. Carriers. W. . . Woodbridge. Th. . . Lavenham, [ Lenham, Stowmarket, I Sudbury. Cross Keys : St. John's Street. Coaches. Twice daily. Barnet. Cross Keys : Wood Street. Carriers. F. . . Hereford. S. . . Cambden (? Campden).
