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side Herefordshire. Their arms were Barry
wavy of ten arg. and az., over all a lion
rampant. BUTTON S.
Brynheulog, Hengoed, W. Cardiff.
SKERRATT=CARLETON. Can any of your readers give me any information of a marriage which took place about 1740 between these two families ; also the pedigree of Thomas Skerrat, who married Lady Elizabeth Winch- comb in 1710, or any information about these families ? (Rev.) T. C. SKARRATT.
Kemsing Vicarage, Sevenoaks.
JOHN DANDRIDGE was admitted to West- minster School in March, 1779. Can any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' help me to identify him ? G. F. R. B.
DERRET FAMILY. An officer in the Spanish army whose grandmother was an English- woman named Derret desires to know in what parts of this island families of that name are located. E. S. DODGSON.
WATCHHOUSES FOR THE PREVENTION OP BODYSNATCHING. I quote from an article on Warblington .Church, Hants, in the Builders' Journal for 22 October :
"In two of the corners of the churchyard stand small forbidding-looking structures belonging to the truly 'gothic' period of the immediate past. They were erected as watchhouses for the prevention of bodysnatching."
Were not such buildings very unusual ; and are any similar structures in existence at the present day ? JOHN PATCHING.
[See 8 th S. iv. 329, 370, 454, 529.]
WILKINSON, BISHOP OP CHESTER. Are any descendants of this bishop still existing ?
E. E. COPE. 13c, Hyde Park Mansions, W.
" HALF-BULL "= HALF-CROWN. The above expression is used by Jo in ' Bleak House,' chap, xlvi., <fec. Was it in general vogue at the time ; and what is its origin ? H. P. L.
NOVEL ATTRIBUTED TO SCOTT. About 1856 it was announced that the MS. of an un- published novel by Sir Walter Scott called ' Moredun ' had been discovered. Was this a mistake, or was it a forgery, like ' Walladmor,' that was published as a genuine novel by Scott ? M. N. G.
'LIFE OF A LAWYER.' I recently purchased the ' Life of a Lawyer, written by Himself,' published by Saunders & Benning, 1830. Can any one inform me who was the author (he calls himself in the book, but not on the title- page, John Eagle), and whether the work is
entirely fiction ? It contains lengthy reports
of a trial for murder, and other trials in which
the author is supposed to have been engaged
as counsel ; but I cannot trace the trials.
The names of the parties, however, if not
altogether fictitious, were doubtless changed,
as are the names of the political persons of
the day referred to in the book.
E. T. BURR. [It is by Sir James Stewart.]
STOYLES. Can any reader oblige me with information respecting this family and its origin ? It is supposed that one of this name came from abroad about the year 1780, and settled in London as a merchant ; that his daughter Anna Maria married John Sans- bury in 1802; and that his widow, Mary, died 14 June, 1830, at Stoke Newington.
T. S. SANDERS.
27, Park Place, Leyton, N.E.
PARISH REGISTER TRANSCRIPTS. Will any reader kindly tell me when copies of parish registers were presented by the cnurch- wardens at the annual visitations ? I am now copying an old register, and find the following entries : " Gen. Chap, and our Register- book presented, "varied by "General Chap, and Copies of our Register presented." This is prior to 1600. M. E. N.
[The information desired is supplied in articles by MB. J. M. COWPEB at 7 th S. ii. 12 ; xi. 155 ; and the Editorial note at 7 th S. xi. 94. ]
HARP. Can any reader put me in
the way of seeing a good specimen of this
instrument in a museum or collection, and
any sketches, diagrams, and particulars,
especially as to soundholes, in any works on
the subject ? INQ.
" PLACE. I shall be glad to know if there is any truth in the statement that in old days no house was allowed to be called "Place" unless it had been slept in by royalty.
E. H. E.
GASSEE, PENTONVILLE ROAD. It is stated that the creditors of Frederick Crouch, the composer of the music of the ballad ' Kathleen Mavourneen,' who became insolvent in 1837, are entitled . to a dividend, and that this dividend is derived from a humble specula- tion, a small garden, named Gassee, in Pentonville, which in George IV.'s reign may have been worth only a few shillings a year, but is now covered with valuable buildings. Is anything known as to the whereabouts of this small garden ? It is possible that this garden may have been let on a building lease at the beginning of the
