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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. VHL OCT. 4,
BUCKNALL (US. viii. 146, 234). Ralph
Bucknall purchased the manors of Peters-
field and Ifuriton als. Mapledurham in the
vear 1693 ; he was returned M.P. for
Petersfield on 6 Jan., 1700 28 Nov.. 1700,
and 20 July, 1702.
In a rough memorandum book belonging to a subsequent owner of Buriton is a note that Ralph Bucknall' s will was dated 20 July, 1709, and proved 15 Feb., 1710. Nothing is given as to where the will is deposited, but it will probably be found in the P.C.C. at Somerset House.
' The Victoria History of the County of Hampshire,' iii. 87, states that in 1719 Edward Gibbon
" purchased the manor and borough of Peters- field from Bucknel Howard and Sarah Bucknel, granddaughter and sole heiress of Ralph Bucknel (Close, 13 Geo. II., pt. xvii. n. 36, &c.)."
Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Bucknall, married Matthew Howard of Hackney, Middlesex, who died in January, 1713/14. In his will, dated 29 July, 1706, he mentions his wife Elizabeth and his four children Elizabeth, Bucknell, Samuel, and Sarah. He leaves WL each to " father and mother Bucknell, brother and sister Bucknel], brother Thomas Powell, and sister Hester Bucknell " ; " brother William Bucknell " was appointed an executor. The will, first proved in July, 1714, was afterwards proved on 8 Nov., 1717, as of full age, by Bucknell Howard.
Bucknall Howard of St. Bride's, London, mercer, afterwards of St. George's, Blooms- bury, died in February, 1744. By his wife Rebecca, daughter of Bennett Metcalf, he left an only child, Matthew. In his will, dated 15 Feb., 1742, he leaves a legacy of 101. 105. to his " aunt Mrs. Sarah Bucknall," but there is no reference to any other mem- ber of the Bucknall family.
ALFRED T. EVERTTT.
Portsmouth.
HICKEY AND ALEXANDER, DRAUGHTSMEN TO LORD MACARTNEY'S CHINESE EMBASSY (US. viii. 125, 198). I much regret that a part of my information appears to be un- true. Thos. Hickey was the son of a Dublin citizen. He was appointed to the embassy as " portrait painter," not draughtsman, and this probably accounts for his indifferent landscape attempts, of which your corre- spondent mentions having a volume which was sold in the Phillipps Collection this year. Being unengraved, the volume was practically unknown. W.'L. KING.
Wadesmill, Ware.
WEDDING-PIECES (11 S. viii. 48). The
following lines from Juvenal (vi. 204-5)
seem to prove the existence of a similar
custom among the Romans of his time :
Quod prima pro nocte datur, cum lance beata
Dacicus et scripto radiat Germaniciis auro. ALEX. LEEPER,
Trinity College, Melbourne University.
SEVER OF MERTON (II S. viii. 181, 238). I find the following in Coates's 'History of Reading ' (p. 450) :
" Sonkere, Sinkere, or le Sinker-street, afterwards called Siveyer-street, now Silver- street," with a foot-note :
" Siveyer-street is so named in the account of Philip and Mary's coming to Reading. It has been supposed to have taken the name from the Siveyers, or sieve-makers, who dwelt there. But Robert Seveir had possessions in Reading in 1158 ; and the name of ' Rose, daughter of Richard Sevear,' appears in Saint Laurence's register, in 1686."
R. J. FYNMORE. [MR. A. R. BAYLEY also thanked for reply.]
LADY HAMILTON'S GRAVE (US. viii. 188). J. H. may have some difficulty in locating the spot. Hilda Gamlin says that Lady Hamilton was buried in a cemetery, formerly a garden belonging to Elizabeth, Duchess of Kingston ; that its use as a cemetery was brief ; and that, gradually losing all traces of graves, it is now a storage place for timber. Walter Sichel, another biographer, states that the spot is now converted into a timber yard. HAROLD MALET, Colonel.
Some years ago diligent search was made to find out where Lady Hamilton was buried. Such search proved in vain. The coiaelu- sion arrived at was that she was probably buried in a graveyard which had since beer* built over. The way to settle this question would be for some one in Calais to find out what burial - grounds were in existence near to her residence when Lady Hamilton died, and then to find out which had since been built over. I cannot now call to mind who inquired into this matter. I am reminded of what Lord Byron wrote of the Great Pyramid in ' Don Juan ' :
Let not a monument give you or me hopes* Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops.
HARRY B. POLAND.
Inner Temple.
"Lss ROCHERS " (11 S. vii. 128) belongs still to the family of De Nethumieres. Two years ago the" owner was the Comte Ivan Hay des Nethumieres.
CHARLES NOUGUIER.
