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all the town. The people put on their holiday 

 clothes, find went otf to Sorrento and Castella- 

 mare in crowds. The fast was at an end. We 

 often read accounts of persons refrainino; from all 

 food from Good Friday till the end of Lent ; by 

 which many suppose from Thursday night till 

 after mass on Sunday is meant. This would be a 

 fast of two days and a half, or sixty hours, and 

 would be a serious matter. It, however, turns out 

 to be only thirty-sLx hours, which is quite another 

 affair. What was the practice of the early Chris- 

 tians ? F. S. A. 



RocJt, or Roche, of Closivorth, co. Somerset, — 

 Any information relative to this family, which was 

 settled at Closworth, near Yeovil, in 1536 (see 

 Valor Ecclesiasticus), and terminated in the per- 

 son of John Helyar Rociie, Esq , who died at 

 Bath in 1854, aged ninety-one, will be acceptable, 

 and especially as to the two following points : — 



1. The inscription on the tomb of Acting- Judge- 

 Advocate- Gen. Rock, who is buried either at 

 Rouen (church of St. Ouen), or else at Caen in 

 Normandy. 



2. Richard Rock of Wells ; died 1701, and 

 buried in Wells Cathedral. He married Catha- 

 rine, daughter of • Pearce, and widow of John 



Standish of Wells. 



Perhaps your correspondent, Ina, would kindly 

 lend his aid. R. C. W. 



Greek Pronunciation. — How do we get our 

 method of pronouncing Greek? I saw a little 

 Greek girl a short time ago, who talked quite 

 differently to our manner. For instance, in say- 

 ing avQp(aTTos, whereas we say at/ like ban, and dpa 

 like throw, she said or like cuiit, and the dpoi quite 

 short, dvSpwTTUQ instead of avOpdiwdc. E. F. D. C. 



Oxford Gi-adiuites among the Zouaces. — The 

 following strange statement occurs in Sir A. Ali- 

 son's History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon 

 in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 

 1852, vol. vii. p. 529., 1858 : — 



" Whea they [the Zouaves] were transported to the 

 shores of the Crimea, though the majority -.vere French, 

 tliey were rather an aggregate of the dare-devils of all 

 nations. In their ranks at Sebastopol were some that 

 held Oxford degrees, many those of Gottingen, Paris," 

 &c. 



What authority is there for this assertion re- 

 specting Oxford graduates ? What were the 

 names of those persons possessing Oxford degrees 

 who fought at Sebastopol as Zouaves ? Jaydeb. 



Manuscripts in Lismore Castle. — The late Mr. 

 Thomas Crofton Croker, in his Researches in the 

 South of Ireland, p. 127., says, 



" The manuscripts in Lismore Castle are frequently re- 

 ferre<l to by Smith, but I could learn nothing respecting 

 them ; my inquiries were answered by a positive assur- 

 ance that no such collection ever existed ; but from Ur. 



Smith's character for correctness, as well as from the in- 

 ternal evidence of such parts as have been printed in his 

 ■norks, there can be no doubt of their authenticity. These 

 manuscripts appear to have been title-deeds and letters 

 of the Boyle family, the latter replete with extensive 

 historical and biographical materials relative to the in- 

 trigues and troubles of 1641 ; and it is to be hoped were 

 removed and preserved by order of the Duke of Devon- 

 shire, the present possessor of the castle." 



Has anything been done towards the publica- 

 tion of these documents, in whole or in part, since 

 the appearance of Mr. Croker's Researches in 

 1824? They appear to be highly interesting and 

 important, and I shall be glad to hear about them. 

 Their existence, I presume, is beyond denial. 



Abhba. 



Bruce at Bannockburn. — In a recent publi- 

 cation {Hawick and its old Memories, M'Lachlan 

 & Co., Edinb., 1858), the question is started what 

 towns sent levies to assist Bruce at Bannockburn. 

 The writer states that there is evidence of Jed- 

 burgh being one of these, but he does not name 

 any others. Can any of your antiquarian readers 

 supply this information ? T. 



Winchester : Bicetre. — In Notre Dame de 

 Paris, Livre 4""', c. 2., occurs the following pas- 

 sage : — 



" C'etait un moulin sur une colline, prfes du chateau 

 de Winchestre (Bicetre)." 



Can you inform me how the name of Winches- 

 ter had got into the environs of Paris in the 

 fifteenth century ? And is Bicetre a corruption 

 of the former ? Ignokamus. 



Names ending in 'Son. — May I take the oppor- 

 tunity of inquiring how it happens that, of the 

 numerous and common surnames in -son (as Jon- 

 son), so very few instances appear before 1600, 

 and so many in Charles I.'s time ? Ignoramus. 



Grays Inn Pieces. — In Farquhar's " Sir Harry 

 Wildair," Act I. Sc. 1. (Leigh Hunt's Dramatic 

 Works of Wycherley, SfC, Moxon, 1840, p. 543.), 

 we have a notice of these (apparently) counterfeit 

 coins : — 



" Parley. Then give me earnest. 



"Standard. Five guineas. [_Giving her monei/.'] 



" Parley. Are they right.' No Gray's Inn pieces 

 amongst 'em? — All right as my leg." 



Will any correspondent explain the allusion 

 here ? Ache. 



Robert Peyton. — In the Sale Catalogue of Dr. 

 Bliss's MSS. occurs (lot 186.) Robert Peyton, Of 

 the Holy Eucharist, dedicated to Henry Earl of 

 Holland, Chancellor of the University of Cam- 

 bridge. This note is added — 



" With an autograph note from Sir Henry Ellis to Dr. 

 Bliss, stating he was unable to trace who Robert Peyton, 

 the author, was. The author, in his dedication, says, 'I 

 have travelled many countries, seen many cities and 



