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12 S. IV. MAKCH, 1918.] NOTES AND QUERIES.


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Bobert Brackley, 1714.

Henry Boone, 1715.

John Brace, 1715. Was he related to James Brace, supra 1

John Bethell, 1715.

Stephen Bateman, captain, 1716.

Charles Blackstone, 1716. Can this man be identified with the father of Sir William Black- stone of the ' Commentaries ' ? He was the son of one Charles Blackstone, citizen, silkman, and bowyer of London, who died in 1723.

Edward Blackstone, 1716. Was this a relation of the last-named ?

William Brown, 1717.

Edward Bentley, 1717. Was he related to Thomas Bentley, nephew of the great Richard Bentley, who went up from St. Paul's to Trinity, Cambridge, in 1707 ?

Charles Browne, 1755.

Bobert Cooke, 1712.

Bichard Clifton, 1713.

Anthony Chamberlayn, 1713. Was he related to Charles Chamberlayne, who was Steward of the Feast in 1675 ?

William Campbell, 1714.

Thomas Cook, 1714.

John Chauncy, 1715. Was he related to Bichard Chauncy of the Mercers' Company, who was Surveyor Accountant in 1715-16 ?

Thomas Carter, 1715.

Bichard Colet, 1717. Is this the Bichard Colet who died in 1748 (vide Gent. Mag., p. 504) ?

.John Coppinger, 1724.

William Clarke, 1728. Was he related to Gregory Clarke, who went from St. Paul's to St. Cathe- rine's Hall, and took his degree in 1701 ?

James Button, 1714.

James D'Argent, 1724. Was this James D'Argent who was elected F.B.S. in 1768, or was he the Deputy Governor of the Copper Company, who died in November, 1749 ?

Nicholas Field, 1709.

John Fotherby, 1713.

John Gresha,m, 1708.

Thomas Gill, 1712. Can he be identified with Thomas Gill, M.D., who died in 1714, and of whom there is a mezzotint engraving dated 1708, inscribed " T. Murray Pinx: Smith, Sc." ?

Joseph Goddard, 1712. Is this a relation of Thomas Goddard, who was Steward in 1677, and was Surveyor Accountant of the School from 1699-1700 ?

William Glanville, 1716. Was this man a rela- tion of John Glanvil, who was a subscriber to Knight's ' Life of Colet,' published in 1717 ?

Thomas Huxley, 1707. Was this man related to George Huxley, who was Steward of the Feast in 1701 ?

Joseph Hodges, 1709. Can this man be identified with Sir Joseph Hodges, Bart., F.B.S. , who died in 1722 ?

Samuel Haywood, 1709.

Boberfc Hulls, 1709.

Humphrey Hide, 1710.

John Hatley, major, 1711. Was he related to Thomas Hatley, who went up from St. Paul's to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1651 ?

John Hall, 1717.

Samuel Herring, 1723.

Kenrick Hill, 1725. Can he be identified with Kendal Hill, who was a subscriber to Knight's ' Life of Colet,' published in 1717 ?

James Heywood, colonel, 1728.


John Jacob, 1711. Can he be identified with either Sir John Jacob, Bart., who died in April, 1740, or with John Jacob, a Director of the South Sea Company, who died in 1781 ?

MICHAEL F. J. MCDONNELL.

Hathurst, Gambia, BritishJWest Africa.

(To be concluded.)


STATUES AND MEMORIALS IN THE BRITISH ISLES.

(See 10 S. xi., xii. ; 11 S. i.-xii., passim ; 12 S. i. 65, 243, 406 ; ii. 45, 168, 263, 345 ; iii. 125, 380; 468.)

LOCAL WORTHIES.

THE GRANTS. (" Cheeryble Brothers.")

Walmersley, near Ramsbottom, Lan- cashire. It is an accepted fact that Daniel and William Grant of Manchester were the prototypes of the Cheeryble Brothers in ' Nicholas Nickleby.' Dickens states in his original preface that the brothers were then alive : " Their liberal charity, their singleness of heart, their noble nature, and their unbounded benevolence are no crea- tions of the author's brain."

The tower stands on the higher part of a hill, which rises from Ramsbottom, and is about 800 feet above sea - level. It was erected by the Grant family in 1829 to commemorate the arrival of their father Wm. Grant, and his eldest son William, in the district. They gave up their farm at Strathspey in 1783, and as they reached this spot the elder Grant exclaimed : " What a beautiful valley ! It reminds me of Spey- side." "In 1827," says William the younger, " we purchased the Park estate, and erected a monument to commemorate my father's first visit to this valley, and on the very spot where he and I stood ad- miring the beautiful scenery below."

In 1914 public support was sought for a proposed restoration and much-needed re- pair of the tower.

HENRY WORKMAN.

Evesham. The fine bridge over the Avon was constructed mainly through the efforts of Mr. Workman. It cost 13.000/., towards which he obtained 3,500Z. in subscriptions. The bridge has three arches, and over the central arch is the following inscription :

" To the Public Spirit and Perseverance of Henry Workman Esq., are ascribed the origin and completion of this Bridge, which was erected in the fourth and fifth years of his Mayoralty,