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six years ; and if I may be allowed to offer
an opinion, I should say that his autograph
is in the unfaltering hand of a man still in
his prime, and might have been written
at any time between 1613 and 1650. Has
anything more been discovered of Tany's
personal history since the notice of him in
the * D.N.B.' appeared ? A. S.
J. HANSON. There is another autograph in 'The Triumphs of Nassau,' 1613, to which I should like to draw attention. Inside oi the back vellum cover I find the signature of " J. Hanson " (I am satisfied the initial letter of the Christian name is intended for J, although from the little flourish at the top of the letter it might look like a T, after our modern manner of writing). The name and period suiting, I am inclined to associate this autograph with the following individual (' D.N.B./ vol. xxiv. p. 310) :
"Another John Hanson, born in 1611, was son of Richard Hanson, 'minister of Henley, Staffordshire,' and entered Pembroke College in 1630, aged 19. Some years later a John Hanson of Abingdon, Berkshire, apparently identical with the student of Pembroke College, published * The Sabbatarians confuted by the New Covenant. A treatise showing that the Commandments are not the Moral Law, but with their Ordinances, Statutes, and Judgments, the Old Covenant,' London, 1658, 8vo."
At the same time, if the initial letter of the Christian name were to be read T., then there is Thomas Hanson, Keeper of the Records of the Duchy of Lancaster, who flourished about 1650. Fuller has placed on record his obligations to Hanson for help rendered when writing his * Church History ' (see Bailey's 'Life of Thomas Fuller, D.D.,' 1874, pp. 577 and 706). It is singular that no notice has been taken of this Thomas Hanson in the 'D.N.B.'
I may remark that the H in Hanson is not written with the capital letter ; but it is in the form of a small " h " with a large development of the fore curve. The writing is round and bold, but somewhat faint, and without a doubt it is the signature of an educated man. A. S.
MISSING LONDON STATUES. My friend Mr. J. T. Page, of West Haddon, a valued con- tributor to *N. & Q.,' published a series of twenty-six articles in the East London Advertiser during the past and present year on the * Public Statues and Memorials of London.' He concludes the series in- the following words :
"In several instances statues have disappeared from the positions they once occupied. Amongst these I may mention the following :
' ' Duke of Wellington, Tower Green ; George III. , Berkeley Square ; Duke of Cumberland, Cavendish
Square ; Duke of Marlborough, Marlborough Square ;
Charles II., Soho Square.
"A statue of Henry Peto stood in old Furnivall's Inn. He rebuilt the Inn in 1818-20. What became of this statue after the purchase and demolition of the Inn by the Prudential Assurance Company ?
"I shall be glad of information concerning the present whereabouts of any of these works of art, and also the dates of and reasons for their removal."
I also should like to know of the present whereabouts of these statues, as also those of Alfred the Great and Edward the Black Prince by Rysbrack, which were in Lord Burlington's Carlton House subsequent to the residence of George IV. when Prince of Wales.
For the disposal of the statue of Charles II. in Soho Square, see 9 th S. vii. 209 : xii. 336.
EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.
ST. THOMAS WOHOPE. Who is meant by this saint, whose name occurs in the wills (1470-1500) of the parishioners of Smarden, in Kent, who leave a bequest to the " Light of St. Thomas Wohope " (or Whohope, Whope, Woghope) in their parish church ? In two of the earliest wills he is mentioned as "Sir Thomas Wohope." No local place of this name is mentioned in Hasted's * History of Kent.'
Smarden Church also had a light of Henry VI. "and to King Herrey there ' similar to Lewisham Church.
ARTHUR HUSSEY. Tankerton-on-Sea, Kent.
DISPROPORTION OF SEXES. In 1724 Richard Fiddes, D.D., published 'A General Treatise of Morality,' to which he prefixed a preface of cxliv pages, wherein he replies to Mande- ville's defence of polygamy. On p. Ixvii he says :
Experience shews, that there is, commonly, an equal proportion in number, between the two sexes ; and that, if there be any disparity, it is so nconsiderable, as not to make a sensible alteration
n the case ; there are not visibly more women
than men."
What are the facts 1 Is the disproportion a hing of recent development? When was attention first called to it ? W. C. B.
BREAD FOR THE LORD'S DAY. In 'Reli- quiae Baxterianse ' mention is made of a Mr. George Abbot, a minister, "known by his Paraphrase on Job, and his Book against Bread for the Lord's Day." Can any of your readers kindly explain the meaning of the title of the second of the two volumes ]
J. WILLCOCK.
Lerwick.
