Aug. 21. 1852.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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lease of the Hough, a farm belonging to the Bi- 

 shop of Lichfield, near Eccleshall, but which has 

 for some centui'ies been held by a family of the 

 name of Blest : 



•' While the ivy is green, and the holly is rough, 

 This is a lease for the IJlest of the Hough." 



I remember, too, a couplet on the Isle of Thanet, 

 which ran thus : 



"When England rings, (Query wrings) 

 Thanet sings." 



W. Fkaseb. 



When a boy I often heard the following : 



" Doddington dovecote, Wilby hen, . 

 Irthlinghorough ploughboys, and Wellingborough 

 men." 



Three miles from Wellingborough is FInedon, 

 •where is an old inn called the Bell ; upon the 

 front of this inn is a curious portrait painted on 

 panel, with this inscription : 



" Queen Edith, lady once of Fincdon, 

 Where at the Bell good fare is dined on." 



I have frequently seen the above, but could never 

 learn the origin either of the portrait or the lines. 



B. H. C. 



Sleep like a Top (Vol. vi., p. 51.). — Your cor- 

 respondent P. T., in referring to a probable mis- 

 translation in Household Wo?'ds of the French 

 word sabot, seems to have overlooked the fact that 

 to " sleep like a top " is a comparison as much in 

 need of explanation as to sleep like a wooden shoe, 

 ^Vhenca the phrase, and what its meaning ? Is 

 the humming of a top suggestive of human snoring ? 



Shikley Hibberd. 



More recent Corruptions (Vol. vi., p. 95.). — To 

 differ xvith, instead o\' from ; to be frightened of, 

 instead of a^. I am afi-aid time will always intro- 

 duce ellipses, such as directly, for directly after ; 

 but, perhaps, a successful stand may be made 

 against the confusion of prepositions. M. 



- Knightsbridge (Vol. vi., p. 169.). — H. G. D. 



will probably obtain the information he requires 

 from S. A. Eyre, Esq., 9. Fitzroy Street. This 

 gentleman, formei'ly a surgeon in the army, pre- 

 sented a pair of regimental colours fbrmeily be- 

 longing to the Knightsbridge Volunteers, to the 

 United Service Institution, where they are pre- 

 served as a relic of that important "Volunteer" 

 movement which roused the military ardour of 

 England, and contributed not a little towai'ds the 

 successes of the Peninsular Campaign. The left 

 or regimental colour is blue, spangled, with a 

 painted rebus device, of a knight in ai-mour riding 

 over a bridge. Major JEyre raised and com- 

 manded the regiment, and is doubtless the Major 

 Ay res of the ballad chorus remembered by 

 H. G. D. L. II. J. T. 



Wedgwood Family (Vol. v., p. 351.). — Your 

 correspondent C. Mansfield Ingleby is in error 

 when he states that the Miss Aliens, mentioned in 

 his communication, came from Devonshire. They 

 were the daughters of John Bartlett Allen of 

 Cresselly, Pembrokeshire. The Christian name 

 of Wedgwood the potter was Josiah ; and the 

 names of his three sons were John, Thomas, and 

 Josiah. I subjoin a list of the children of Mr. 

 Allen, by which you will see that there were nine 

 (not four) daughters. 



Burke's Landed Gentry, 1850, p. 14. (slightly 

 corrected) : — 



John Bartlett Allen, Esq., of Cresselly, county of 

 Pembroke, married in 1783 Elizabeth, oidy child 

 of John Ilensleigh of Panteague, and had issue 

 John Hensleigh his heir. 



Lanceh)t Baugh, one of the six clerks in Chan- 

 cery, born January 1774, married, first, 13th ilay, 

 1813, Caroline, daughter of Mr. Romilly of Dul- 

 wich, brother of Sir Samuel Romilly, who died 

 in 1830. Mr. L. B. Allen married, secondly, in 

 July, 1841, Georgiana Sarah, daughter of Charles 

 Nathaniel Baily, by the Lady Sarah his wife, 

 daughter of George, fourth Earl of Jersey. 



Elizabeth, married to Josiah Wedgwood, Esq. 



Catherine, second wife of Sir James Mackintosh. 



Mary, died young. 



Caroline, married to the Rev. Edward Drewe, 

 •Rector of Broadhembury, two of whose daughters 

 married the late Lord Gifford and the present 

 Baron Alderson. 



Harriet, married to the Rev. Matthew Surtees, 

 M.A., Prebendary of Canterbury and Gloucester, 

 younger son of Ambrose Surtees, Esq., of New- 

 castle and Headley, and brother-in-law of Lord 

 Eldon. 



Jane, married to John Wedgwood. 



Jessie, married to Sismondi the historian 



Emma. 



Frances. C. J. 



'• Voxpopmli, vox Dei" (Vol. iii., p.288.). — A 

 gentleman once used this expression in conversa- 

 tion with, I believe, Mr. John Wesley. He at 

 once replied, " No, it cannot be the voice of God, 

 for it Avas vox populi that cried out, ' Crucify him, 

 crucify him !' " Clericus (D.) 



" Dieu et mon droit" (Vol. iii., p. 407.)- — I^ 

 was the parole of the day, given by Richard I. of 

 England to his army at the battle of Gisors in 

 France. In this battle the French were defeated ; 

 and in remembrance of this signal victory, he 

 made it the motto of the royal arms of England, 

 and it has ever since been retained. Clericus (D.) 



Cornl Charms (Vol. vi., p. 11.). — A. A. D. 

 should consult Payne Knight's Worship of Fi-iajms, 

 and compare the Italian importations Avith the 

 curious " charms" there exhibited. It is possible 



