KANGAROO COOK."-What was the real name of this person, whom I find mentioned among the dandies during the "days of the Regency"? BURDOCK. EWEN COAT OF ARMS.-Burke's' General Armory gives the arms for Ewen in Herne Church, Essex : Ermines, a bend cotised, or; crest, On a mount vert, a stork statant proper. I cannot trace Herne in Essex and suppose the county to be Kent. Can any of your readers give me any information regarding this coat of arms? Replies. JUDITH COWPER: MRS. MADAN. (11 S. x. 27, 97.) IF not too late, I can enlighten MR. R. H. GRIFFITH, of the University of Texas, about the connexion of the poem 'Abelard to Eloisa' with William Pattison. 1. The poem Abelard to Eloisa,' ascribed both to Judith Cowper and to William Pattison, is undoubtedly by the former. It begins. In my dark cell, low prostrate on the Ground, Mourning my Crimes, thy Letter Entrance found; and these words separate it from two poems with the same title which were published in 1725 and 1783, and which differ from each other and from the present one. William Pattison, whose short life was to a large extent passed in penury and want, claimed the poem as his own as early as 1726 (see the Memoir prefixed to his posthumous Works,' 1728, p. 42; he. died in 1727). There can be no doubt that he gave way to temptation; and meeting this anonymous poem circulated in manuscript, ventured to assert that he was the author in order to gain credit for himself. It was accordingly printed in his Works' and is identical with the one printed later as Judith's. But, as will be seen from MR. ALAN STEWART's reply to MR. GRIFFITH (11 S. x. 97), the poem was written in 1720. At that time Pattison, a farmer's son, was at most 14 years old, and had not even entered Appleby school. By no stretch of imagination could he have written such a poem on this subject at that date. The poem, as Mr. Stewart says, is contained in Brit. Mus. MS. add. 28101, which is a collection made by Ashley Cowper, brother of Judith, a commonplace book (as it used to be called) of poems and prose pieces which he wished to set down for his own use in conversation or recital. Many pieces are by himself or by members of the Cowper family, and among them is this poem, ascribed to his sister and dated 1720. Judith was born in 1702, well educated, a friend of Pope, accustomed to good society. Three other poems of hers are dated 1720, including her most ambitious effort, The Progress of Poetry.' She was of a modest and retiring nature and printed nothing which she wrote: in fact the Abelard to Eloisa' was never printed separately, but only in Collections in 1728 and 1764 as by Pattison, and in 1755, 1757, 1782, &c., as by Mrs. Madan," as she had then become. There can be no doubt at all that Mrs. Madan (née Judith Cowper) wrote the poem. Mr. Griffith's other points were answered by Mr. Stewart (see above). FAMA. "ANGLICA [OR RUSTICA] GENS," &c. (10 S. ii. 405).-If PROF. BENSLY is still interested in the matter, let me say that the form Anglica [not Rustica] gens est optima flens, et pessima ridens can be carried back from 1669 to at least 1558, in which year died Robert Talbot of New College, Oxford, after making a collection of odd sayings out of old books. He gave the collection the name of Aurum ex stercore, and extracts, including the line given above, are printed in the Bodleian Quarterly Record, vol. ii., p. 145 (1918). FAMA. 'N.E.D.' DINNER (12 S. ix. 388).-The dinner was on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1897, not 1899. It is described at considerable length in the Oxford papers of Saturday, Oct. 16, such as Jackson's Oxford Journal and The Oxford Times. FAMA. DALSTONS OF ACORNBANK (12 S. x. 49).— In the tenth volume of the new series of the Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archæological Society is a long (pp. 200-270) and careful pedigree of the family of Dalston. There is, so far as I have discovered, no reference in it to any migration of any members of it to Ireland, but Dr. Haswell, the author, states at the outset of the paper that " considerable data are incomplete." In conjecturing, therefore, which of the Dalstons mentioned in the pedigree may have been the founder of the Irish family, it should be remembered that any particular Dalston may have had sons not mentioned in Dr. Haswell's paper. Of those mentioned, if STEMMA's date of 1601 or thereabouts is correct, the most likely to have migrated is William, mentioned (p. 232) as under age at the time of the death of his father, Robert Dalston, son of Thomas of Dalston, at whose death the family divided into its three branches : (1) of Dalston. (2) of Thwaite in Greystoke parish, (3) of Acornbank. Robert Dalston of Thwaite died in 1581, and Dr. Haswell can find no trace of William's subsequent history. The same is true of Robert, son of Sir John and grandson of the same Thomas Dalston; but as he was not baptized till 1595, and may be the Robert who was buried in 1595 at Penrith ib., p. 218), he does not seem to me to have as good a claim as William. There does not appear to be any one in the Acornbank branch of the family who could have migrated to Ireland in or about 1601. JOHN R. MAGRATH. 'The Aldis Wright left for future commentators this check on ingenuity : After a considerable experience I feel justified in saying that in most cases ignorance and con ceit are the fruitful parents of conjectural emendation. V. R. In regard to the quotation from Shelley, P.U.,' Act I., 11. 344-346, if H. K. ST. J. S. will insert a comma after " gnash," delete the comma after "fire" and place it after wail' as in the "Oxford" Shelley, there will not be any incitement to some idiot gnash and to transpose 66 66 wail." W. A. HUTCHISON. 32, Hotham Road, Putney, S.W. 66 as THE RUNNING HORSE," PICCADILLY (12 S. x. 49).-I am noting MR. W. R. DAVIES'S information on this inn, as it helps to locate with greater precision its proximity to Hyde Park Corner. Mr. Davies will find that it was duly entered by me at 12 S. vii. 145. It was one of a group of hostelries that, like the "Hercules Pillars" (12 S. vi. 85), served, passengers alighting from West of England coaches. Larwood states that was a very common sign, LAND MEASUREMENT TERMS (12 S. x. Running Horse but he fails to supply topographical ex- 48).—" Wylot" is probably the same warlot or amples. Personally I have met with no warnot, both well-known Linsome kind of waste or other house of this name, which led me to colnshire terms for suspect I trust I am not guilty of a flagrant common lands," perhaps connected with anachronism-that it was inspired by The warland, agricultural land held by a Running Footman " hard by (12 S. vi. 127). villein." Ware is "field produce, crop, vegeI feel sure that Mr. Davies will share with me tables." Warlots, then, are apparently culas distinct from pasture; the hope that one of the pewter tankards' tivated lands bearing "The Running Horse inscription, arable lands in the common field (see found in the Piccadilly excavations, will be N.E.D. and Peacock's Glossary'). lodged in the London Museum, an institution Gad," among other things, is a measuringwith so many weighty claims to public rod for land, hence a division in an open pasture, in Lincolnshire recognition and support. usually 6 ft. wide (N.E.D.' and Peacock). In land or byland," by may have its sense of outside of," 'beside," as in byland or biland, a peninsula (1577-1630) ('N.E.D.'). As an agricultural term, perhaps land in some way separate from the rest. J. PAUL DE CASTRO. "TIME WITH A GIFT OF TEARS (12 S. x. 18, 54).—I add to the protest of your correspondent at the last reference against altering Swinburne's text direct evidence that it was written as it stands, and meant as it stands. Mr. James Douglas, in The Sunday Times of Jan. 22, records a visit to Swinburne at the Pines, during which the great chorus, including the two lines in question, was recited by the poet himself. Mr. Douglas writes as follows:At the end I masked my emotion by asking whether it was true that he originally had written Grief, with a gift of tears, Time, with a glass that ran, and afterwards had transposed grief" and time " in order to make an alliterative paradox. "No!" he thundered, "I never revise!" He went on to explain that all his verses were completed in his mind before he wrote a word, and that after he had written them he never altered a line, a word, or a comma. I do not think he ever altered a word. . . . What he had written, he had written. Gildam is the accusative of gilda, a money payment or tribute, in this case 1d. per gad. Winterton, Lincs. J. T. F. PRINCIPAL LONDON TAVERNS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: "THE SWAN TAVERN," CHELSEA (12 S. vi. 144).—These premises, the freehold of Christopher Kempster of Chelsea, gentleman, a grandson of Christopher Kempster of Burford, Oxon, one of Wren's master masons, were, by his will, proved Oct. 11, 1770 (P.C.C.), left to his three sons, John, Christopher and James. They were then in the occupation of Michael Tool. In the will of his son, James Kempster, proved April 4, 1794 (P.C.C.), the premises are referred to as "in Swan Walk, formerly called the Swan Tavern, and now in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Munday." I am informed that a toyshop at the corner of Church Street and Cheyne Walk stands on the site of the Swan Tavern ; certainly there is a signboard there depicting a swan, but Swan Walk is some little distance away. E. ST. JOHN BROOKS. FREEDOM OF A CITY (12 S. ix. 489; x. 55).—The grant of the freedom of a city gratis frequently occurred through a desire to propitiate some great man by advancing some protégé or dependent of his. Examples taken from the York Freemen's Roll (Surtees Soc.) are: 1627. William Barwick, innholder, my lo[rd] mayor! gratis. [Evidently at the request of the Lord Mayor, who in that year, according to Drake (Hist. of York') was Elias Micklethwaite.] 1651. John Catlin, bricklayer, at Lord Fairefax request gratis. to joint ownership in the strays around the city and free pasturage thereon for his horses and cattle, and to his share in the proceeds derived from the rents paid by non-freemen for pasturing their flocks and herds, the sale of hay and hire of land for race-meetings, &c. The amount received by the freemen of the different wards therefore varied according to the greater or lesser value of the land they owned and the several purposes for which it was used. JOHN A. KNOWLES. ADAH ISAACS MENKEN'S INFELICIA' (12 S. x. 32, 79).-Alfred Concanen was Adah Menken's illustrator. He was an admirable artist and did other work for Hotten, the The honour was afterwards given to great publisher, as well as for Hotten's successors, men in their own persons, e.g., 1658. John Hewley, esq. gratis. Similarly, in 1745, William, Duke of Cumberland, received the honour, and William Pitt in 1757. Earlier examples than the above might be found by a careful search, but as the Roll between the years 1272 and 1760 contains over 36,500 names, this would prove a somewhat formidable task. The freedom was also given without payment in cases where it was policy to encourage those to take up their residence who by their skill or talents would bring honour or profit to the city. Examples of this are: 1667. Will Padget, musicon, gratis. 1679. Nathan Harrison, musition, gratis. The freedom was also granted as a reward for presents made to the corporation or city, the giver evidently expecting the freedom again in return. In 1731, e.g., Henry Hindley, the clockmaker and friend of Smeaton, was presented with the freedom "in consideration of his making and presenting a very good and handsome eight days clock and case for the Lord Mayor's house, and another for the common hall, and taking care of the same for one year." Charles Mitley, the statuary and carver, having in 1739 carved a figure of George II. and presented it to the corporation, was granted the freedom of the city gratis. (Vide also Glass-painters of York,' William Peckitt, 12 S. ix. 323.) The above examples are all of the full freedom, as opposed to the honorary title only, being conferred. This entitled the recipient to a vote at all elections, to the right to his sons becoming themselves free on attaining twenty-one years of age, Chatto and Windus. Concanen re-drew the designs in Artemus Ward's panorama for the illustrated edition of the lecture, and made designs for novels by Wilkie Collins and various stories published among Chatto's Piccadilly Novels. Concanen afterwards joined a man named Lee, and established with him the lithographic firm of Concanen and Lee. They specialized in drawing and printing the covers of songs and dances. Amongst Concanen's work of this kind is the cover of Gwyllym Crowe's 'See Saw' waltz, but I have seen nothing by Concanen which equalled the designs for Menken's Infelicia.' Concanen was subject to fits, and was picked up insensible one night by a constable. Supposed to be drunk, he was put in a police cell and was found in the morning to be dead. I knew Lee and he told me of Concanen's end. He showed me a paragraph which had appeared in The London Figaro on the matter. This was in 1897 or 1898, so it is probable that Concanen had not then been dead more than a year or two. The portrait of Menken in Infelicia' was probably engraved from a photograph which is reproduced in H. G. Hibbert's A Play. goer's Memories' (1920). The photograph and engraving, however, differ somewhat. The engraver may have been C. Jeens, as he did similar work for the frontispieces of Macmillan's Golden Treasury Series. Jeens and Finden were amongst the best steel engravers of the time. J. H. M. THE TROUTBECK PEDIGREE (12 S. x. 21, 77).-DR. HAMILTON HALL'S special pleading will not avail in face of the clear statement in the Cheshire inquisition taken in 1512, after Sir William Troutbeck's death, that his heir was Margaret, wife of John Talbot and daughter of Sir William's brother Adam Kilburn Priory, when the lesser monasteries Trout beck. The "children" who were were suppressed, and Cardinal Wolseley founded "named" in the deeds referred to in Sir College. The deer park between Paddington Oxford College, afterwards named Christ William's will were no doubt prospective and Hampstead received by the Prior with children, for the deeds were dated at the Kilburn retains to this day the name of St. John's time of the marriage; i.e., they were Wood. "named " as "children" merely. Had Sir The Cluniac monastery at Stanesgate William left any children they would have or Stangate was a cell of the great Priory been the heirs to his extensive estates. there was no dispute and the Talbots had everything. But of Lewis and was situated in a hamlet in Essex five miles south-east of Maldon. It was suppressed by Cardinal Wolsey not, it is clear, in order to found Cardinal College, afterwards named Christ Church, but in order to build himself the Palace of Hampton Court. The Benedictine nunnery of Kilburn was suppressed by Act of Parliament in 1536, and not by Cardinal Wolsey. As the Order of the Knights of St. John was suppressed in England on May 7, 1540, it would seem not very likely that St. John's Wood is so called because it belonged to the Grand Prior between some time in 1536 and May, 1540. The main line of the Troutbeck descent is perfectly clear. William Trout beck, Chamberlain of Chester, died about December, 1444. His son and heir John Trout beck, also Chamberlain, died in August, 1458. His son and heir, Sir William Troutbeck, was killed at Blore Heath on Sept. 23, 1459. The Sir William named above, then about ten years old, was his son and heir. He fought for Henry VII. at Bosworth and was made a knight at Stoke in 1487. He died Sept. 8, 1510, and his heir was his niece Margaret Talbot, as the inquisition states. Some old pedigrees give the first William's father as Adam Troutbeck; and one of this name was known in Cheshire, being plaintiff in 1366 (Chester Plea Roll 69, m. 31). But evidence of the descent is lacking. J. BROWNBILL. SIR THOMAS DINGLEY (11 S. ix. 6).-To the account given at the above reference of this Knight of Malta should be added the following from Mgr. Canon A. Mifsud's The English Knights Hospitallers in Malta,' at p. 202: In the reign of Queen Elizabeth the deer park in question was known as Marybone Park, and it is recorded that on the third of February, 1600, the ambassadors from the Emperor of Russia, and other Muscovites, rode through the city of London to Marybone Park, and there hunted at their pleasure, and shortly after returned homeward. When is St. John's Wood first mentioned by this name? Where were the lands at "Franckford" that were exchanged for Kilburn? It may be mentioned that Sir Roger Boydell, who was Sir Thomas Dingley's predecessor in the united preceptories of Baddesley and Friars' Mayne, was elected Turcopolier Feb. 25, 1533, on the deprivation of Sir Clement West, and died in Malta before Feb. 15, 1535, when Sir John Rawson was appointed Turcopolier. He had been received into the Order on the 2nd May 1526, and his proofs of nobility were approved on 24th September 1528. He had come to Malta with the Order on the galleys, in which he was described as a caravanist,-as appears from the list furnished by the Tongue on 30th March 1530. He was the first procura-¡ Sir Thomas Dingley's mother was a sister tor of his Alberge in Malta. On the 9th January of Sir William Weston. Is it known who 1531 he obtained the Commandery of Baddisley his father was? and Maine. On the 20th February of the same year he was allowed to proceed to England to reside on his Commandery. On the 16th April, 1534 he was again in the Alberge in Malta, seeking confirmation in the benefice of Stonesgate con ferred on him by the Provincial Chapter of the Tongue, and he left for England in December 1535. Arrived in London he obtained the Commandery of the Hospital of Shingay, to which Sir Ambrose Cave laid claim in Malta on 20th February 1537. At p. 44 Mgr. Mifsud writes: The manor of Hampton Court with other lands forming part of the Grand Prior's estate, were [sic] exchanged in 1532 with the monastery of Stanesgate and its dependencies, and the manor and lands at Franckford were exchanged with JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. THE HOUSE OF HARCOURT (12 S. ix. 409, 453, 495, 514; x. 15, 37, 77).—It may be critically assumed that Dudo stated accurately the belief of the Normans of his day, say 996-1026, that their grandfathers or great-grandfathers came from Denmark and were Danes. This he states directly and indirectly many times, for example, of William I. he speaks, "gloriosissimus dux, comes Willelmus... ex prosapia insigne, patre Daco, scilicet Rollone" (De Moribus ... ducum Norm.,' Bk. II., c. xxxvi.). Again, |