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the decease of Sir Moris Ximenes, Knt., in right 

 of his v/ife, only daujihter of Sir Moris, and who 

 (Col. Hanmer) is still living in Buckinghamshire, 

 could give your querist the information he de- 

 sires. I believe Gen. Sir D. Ximenes was nephew 

 to Sir Moris, who bought the Bear "Ash" or 

 "Place" mansion, and a small estate in 1780: 

 vide Lysons. Sir Moris was an active magistrate, 

 and I believe served the office of sheriff for Berks. 

 Gen. Sir D. Ximenes resided only a short time at 

 Bear Ash, I presume as tenant to Col. Hanmer. 



R. W. Reading. 



" 7'eeJ," ''Tidd" (2"'^ S. iv. 127.) — Tydd, 

 Tidd, or Tide .St. Mary, in Lincolnshire, is so 

 called because the tide once came up hither. 

 Tydd-gout is said to be so called from " tide go 

 out." Tite is the name in Domesday. See His- 

 tory of Lincolnshire, by W. Marrat, vol. ii. p. 49. 

 Tims the above names may be local, I doubt, 

 however, the derivation of Goitt or Goivt from 

 "go out." W. H. Lammin. 



Fulham. 



Outbreak at Boston in 1770 (2"'^ S. iii. 426.) — 

 The event referred to was what is known as " The 

 Boston jMassacre." It was commemorated for 

 several years afterwards by an annual oration. 

 Any history of the United States must be very 

 imperfect which does not contain an account of 

 it. Captain Preston was tried for murder, and 

 acquitted. Uneda. 



Philadelphia. 



Billiards (2"'' S. iv. 208.) — I beg to inform A 

 BiLLiAKD PiiAYEE, that crow is a corruption of 

 faccroc*, the French equivalent. The game is 

 originally French, and naturally many of its terms 

 in England are from the French. 



C. Mansfield Inglebt. 



Birmingham. 



Ine.dited Verses by Cowper (2°"* S. iv. 4.) — I 

 know not xipon what authority T. has Issued these 

 lines as Cowper's. A reference to James Mont- 

 gomery's beautiful hymn, " Jesus I my cross have 

 taken," will satisfy your readers that the com- 

 piler of them was no other than a very indifl'erent 

 plagiary. X. A. X. 



Francis Lathom (2°'^ S. iv. 127.) — A gentleman, 

 who was generally called Mr. Francis, lived for 

 many years with a farmer in the parish of Fyvie 

 in Aberdeenshire. While residing there he pub- 

 lished several works of the class referred to, Young 

 John Bull, The Mysterious Freebooters, Puzzled 

 and Pleased, and others. My informant, one of 

 the family with whom he lived, says that when he 

 published he did so under the name of Letham or 

 Lothian, — most likely a mistake for Lathom. He 



* From raccrocAcr, to hit upon. (?) 



died in 1832 or 1833, and is buried in the church- 

 yard of Fyvie. 



He used to receive 400Z. per annum, which was 

 remitted to him quarterly from Norwich. He 

 also is remembered to have received 40Z. as the 

 price of, or profit on, some of his works. At the 

 time of his death he was amusing himself by train- 

 ing a few young rustics for the stage, and had 

 fitted up a theatre, the dresses and scenery of 

 which cost him upwards of lOOl. 



He was believed to be the illegitimate son of 

 an English peer, and from his income, &c., was 

 looked on as a great man in the district. There 

 was certainly something mysterious in his history. 

 This is probably the person referred to in the 

 Query. If your correspondent wishes farther 

 particulars, he may obtain my address from the 

 editor, and I shall be happy to reply to any com- 

 munication he may favour me with. Y. 



Christopher Love (2°'^ S. iv. 173.) — The fol- 

 lowing is a complete list of the scholars of Win- 

 chester bearing this name : 



Andrew, admitted 1662, of Calne, D.C.L., Knt., Master in 



Chancery, Chanc. of Sarum. 

 Barnaby, 1631, of Winton F.N.C. Apr. 7, 1637-48. 

 Barnaby, 1670. 

 Christopher, 1620. 



Edward, 1.508, of Dover, F.N.C, 9 March, 1515-7. 

 John, 1395, N. Curry, B.C.L., F.N.C, 1397-16; R. St. 



Leonard's; V. Adderbury, July 31,1415; Cliiselhurst, 



Mav 31, 1426; Cranbrook, July 7, 1426. 

 John,"l624, of Winton, F.N.C, May 27, 1631 ; d. 1632. 

 John, 1665. 

 Joseph, 1634. 



Nicholas of Froxfield, 1683, the Warden. 

 Nicholas, 1665. 

 Nicholas, 1667. 

 Richard, 1532. 

 Richard, 1654. 

 Robert, 1631, of Winton, F.N.C, Sept. 16, 1638-47, 



Mackenzie Walcott, M.A. 



Pr ester John (2"'^ S. iv. 171.) — Marco Polo's 

 amusing Travels more than once mention Prester 

 John. In Mr. Wright's excellent edition (Bohn's 

 Antiquarian Library, p. 121.), the learned editor 

 refers those who desire fuller information on the 

 subject to M. D'Avezac's Introduction to the 

 Relation des Mongols ou Tartares par le Frere 

 Jean du Plan de Carpin. B. 



" Men of the Merse" (2"'' S. iv. 57. 156.) — If 

 Menyantues will apply to Mr. Simson, farmer at 

 Whitsome Newton, he, I think, will be able to give 

 him a copy of Men of the Merse. M. G. F. 



Dunse. 



Sir George Leman Tuthill (2"'^ S. iv. 150. 217.) 

 — Dr. Munk kindly informs us that Sir George 

 Leman Tuthill died April 7, 1835 ; and we now 

 find that tliere is a memoir of him in Gent. Mag., 

 N. S. iv. 47. C. H. & Thompson Cooper. 



Cambridge. 



