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522 NOTES AND QUERIES. p»8.iv.dbc.28.wl!1 Upper Thames Street in 1781 (vide Banks Coll. Admission Tickets, portf. 1). The Society of Christ's Hospital (1785) were accustomed to dine annually at the " White Hart" in Bishopsgate Street (Banks Coll. Shop Bills, portf. 3). The City of Lushington.—So called after a London brewer of that name, whence the slang word "lush" for intoxicating drink. Early in our present Queen's reign the citizens of Lushington, as the members of this society or club styled themselves, were presided over by a lord mayor and four aldermen, each of whom was annually elected to his dis- tinguished position. The proceedings were conducted with the strictest propriety and decorum. Among its earliest citizens were the " First Gentleman in Europe," when Prince Regent, Sheridan, and Edmund Kean. There is, or was, a mural tablet at the " Old Harp" in Russell Street, Bedford Garden, where the meetings were held, to the memory of one to whom many aspirants to histrionic fame were indebted for advice and assistance. This was the popular theatrical agent Sir William Sims, who died 9 February, 1741, aged fifty-four. He was thrice Lord Mayor of Lushington, and for thirty-five years a distinguished citizen. J. HOLDEN MAcMlCHAEL. " Haives" (9th S. iv. 328,405).—This depends, I should say, a great deal upon locality. A Derbyshire blacksmith would say: "Yo'll seigh shoo's fair in her howves." Thos. Ratcliffe. Worksop. Armorial (9th S. iv. 399).—The crest men- tioned by Mr. Watson is that of John Fitz- fibbon. Earl of Clare in the peerage of reland; Baron Fitzgibbon, or Sirlbury, Devonshire, in the peerage of Great Britain. Creations: Baron Fitzgibbon, in Ireland, 1789; Viscount Fitzgiboon, 20 December, 1793; Earl of Clare, 10 June, 1795 : and English Baron, September, 1799. Arms : Ermine, a saltier gules; on a chief or, three annulets of the second. Crest: On a wreath, a sanglier statant ppr., charged with three annulets, as in the arms. Supporters : Dexter, a lion rampant; Sinister, a griffin ; both argent. Motto: "Nil admirari." Peer- age extinct, 18G4. Refs. : 'The London Kalendar' for 1812; Debrett's 'Peerage,' 1895. H. B. Clayton. The book must have belonged either to John Fitzgibbon, second Earl of Clare, or his brother, Richard Hobart, third Earl. The peerage became extinct on the death of the latter, 10 January, 1864. Burke gives the crest " A boar passant gules, bristled or, charged on the body with three annulets, in fesse, gold." Motto as quoted. F. L. Mawdesley. [Other replies acknowledged.] Epitaph at Gawsworth, co. Chester (9th S. iv. 345).—Will the accomplished writer state where Mary Fitton is " alluded to by Shakspere "? An exact reference will oblige because the inference points to a charge which, if made personal in the present day, would be termed an infamous and wicked libel. A. H. Highbury. " A GOOD PENNYWORTH " (9th S. iv. 436).— The saying is still used in the sense of buying that which is a good bargain at the price given, or a large quantity for a little money, not of necessity at the price of a penny. _ A man may show to a friend something which he has bought, and, on saying what he has given, will be answered, "All! that's how you make yjour pennorths ! " A good profit on a transaction is often said to be " turning a good penny "—the penny value being any amount above that sum. Generally it is a phrase which defines "a good bargain," or "a deal" which turns out well. Thos. Ratcliffe. " A pair of young seasoned Coach Horses, to be sold a Pennyworth, at Madam Lewin's at Lee, nigh Lewishani, Kent."— Talhr, No. 226, Sept., 1710. " Any person being minded to dispose of a House or Houses in Fee, between 20 and 407. per an., well situated, and a reasonable Pennyworth, may have a Chap. Enquire at Mr. Ed. Hydes, at the Crown Coffee-house, Marget's-hill, Southwark."—Toiler, No. 253, Nov., 1710. "At the Red Lion in Eagle St., by Red Lion Square, is a Second-hand Chariot to be sold a good Pennyworth."— Taller, No. 253, Nov., 1710. Chas. G. Smithers. "Grim," a Kind of Barley (9th S. iv. 457). —The following extract from Mr. F. Drew a 'Jummoo and Kashmir Territories' (London, 1875) will answer the query of Mr. Wallace :— "At Sunjani, 11,000 feet, they sow wheat, peas, buckwheat and the kind of barley called grim, the grain of which becomes loosened from its nusk like the grain of wheat, which I shall hereafter call 1 naked barley.'" W. Crooke. Les DliTENUS (9th 8. iv. 288, 354, 425).—It may be worth mentioning that George Bor- row wrote a good deal alxmt the French prisoners at Norwich in 'Lavengro,' and in his rambles in the Isle of Man in ' Elian Vannin.' His statements were, however,