LONDON, JANUARY 29, 1921.

CONTENTS.-No. 146. NOTES:-Problems of Vagrancy in the Eighteenth Century, 81-An English Army List of 1740, 82-Among the Shake. speare Archives: The Town Clerk's Pig, 83-London Coaching and Carriers' Inns in 1732. 84 - St. Paul's Chapter House-" Boss-bent," 86-"Parapet," a Street Footway-Early Effort at Flying-John Egerton-Sir Walter Scott and France a Century Ago, 87. QUERIES:-"Mrs. Drake Revived"-Bagration-Green, of co. Tipperary-Paul Marny-The British in Sardinia Zella Trelawny-Volans. 88-Robert Croke. ft. 1270-John Beaumont-Portrait of Leopold I, of Belgium-GougerStapleton, Tutor to O'Connell-Edward Booty-Kinema or Cinema?-The Mayflower: Peter Brown-Maundrell's Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem,' Easter, 1697, 89"Bird's Eye"-Thomas Dann and Alice Tobacco: Lucas-"A miss is as good as a man "-The TurbulinesBook "None the Wanted Stanier - Tavern Sign: Wiser"-William Holder-Chippendale, 90-Leigh Hunt -Morgan Phillips-Spencer Turner-Authors of Quotations Wanted, 91.

REPLIES:-Tercentenary Handlist of Newspapers, 91-
'Poor Uncle Ned,' 93-The First Lord Westbury-An Old
Silver Charm-Tulchan Bishops, 94-A Wake Game-
Nola Cnollare: Pulsare-Chartularies, 95-Bottle-slider
-Education of the First Duke of Marlborough, 96-Poor
Relief Badge-Book of Common Prayer-"To Outrun the
Constable"-Yew-trees in Churchyards, 97-Statues and
Memorials in the British Isles-Light and Dark "A"
Prince Charles Edward
Headpiece, 98-"Conty"
Stuart's Swords-French Prisoners of War-Scott of
Essex-Author of Quotation Wanted, 99.
NOTES ON BOOKS:-'Udimore: Past and Present '---
The Adventures of Ulysses-A Saunter through Kent
with Pen and Pencil'-' Quarterly Review.'
Notices to Correspondents.

Notes.

were

not unworthy your Perusal. Being introduced
to the meeting some years since which was then
held at the late Duke of Montague's and being
honoard by His Grace with a seat near Him: on
a Mr. Bowdlers delivering some Propositione
relative to Vagrants and on which there had been
Justices of Peace as Delegates from each County
met in Town. There was an exception in the
taking up of Vagrants as to soldiers and Sailors
I took the liberty to observe to His Grace the
Duke of Montague "That much ill applied
Charity to a great amount was bestowed par-
ticularly to Persons under the Description of
Sailors": as a Maritime County, my Residence
Devon, we saw therein a vast number of such,
but when they were Real sailors-most deviated
far from the direct Tract from Port they landed
at to the port at Home they proposed to go.
But cheifly under that Denomination
Villahs who either had Forgd Papers or used
Plausible False Complaints and Travelld round
the County for years and committed frequently
Robberies and murders and for want of a proper
Police at Plymouth our Goal List is commonly
filled with Real Sailors from that District.
I think it might be on the Application
the press.
of the Russian War a Fear of being Pressd some
Sailors migrated from the Southern Ports towards
the Northern Coast and hoverd about for some
time near my seat and on their committing some
acts of Robbery or attack my Daughters were
prevented even from walking the least distance
from the House. In my walks in the County of
Hants I was accosted by a Real Sailor for Alms
to whom making scarce any or low answer, being
but little way passd him he turned about and
accosted me. Have you no Tongue in your
Head" he had a short stick in his hand I probably
should have felt had not a man been within sight
making a Hedge. No Person would wish more
to assist Real Distress than myself but believe
the Best Charity is That Indiscriminately
bestowd on Beggars should be entirely droppd
and Proper Care be provided on the spot by a
Good Police Indescriminately on all to whatever

On

PROBLEM OF VAGRANCY IN THE Parish they belong, and that the same Power

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

exercise their Authority on all found begging capable of work to be immediately made to work Ix view of the present condition of un-in such manner as they are capable to work. employment the enclosed letter, undated, and unidentified but for the name of Denys Rolle of Bicton and Holcombe, South Devon Arthur (who married Ann, daughter of Chichester of Hall, and died in 1797), is useful as showing the social condition in the county after a long period of war about 1748. The remedy then was the provision of work and not, as now, money.

:

The letter is long, but several clauses are worthy of reproduction :MY LORD,

Reading in the Morning Paper Lord Radnor's observations on the Vagrant Bill respecting soldiers and sailors and your Lordships sentiments coinciding with Lord Radnors as I am ignorant of the Amendments intruded I beg have to intrude on your Lordship a few Lines on that subject of what has occurred to me I hope

Having in my early youth in the conclusion of the War of 1739 in 1748-put all Persons coming from that war, instead of relieving them by Charity, to work during the whole Winter from October to May they then without my discharging them, gave me thanks and betook themselves to their antient employ. same time reduced the Poor Rates of a siderable Town one hundred on nine Hundred and fifty if I remember right by attending the Weekly Payments and regulating Indiscriminate and Improportionate Relief.

At the

con

That this Nuisance and Imposition of Soldiers and Sailors or Vagrants under such Descriptions should be prevented the safety of the subject requires.

The 3 Ports of Falmouth Plymouth and Dartmouth occasion many to traverse Cornwall Devon Dorset Somerset and Western Counties to the Ports in the Eastern or Northern Shores or their own Homes at a distance. Passes I humbley presume might be given by the Magistrate of

those Town to proceed to the next Town in their
respective Routs and so by the magistrate of
such next Town to the next marking the Dates of
time passing such town and relieved by each Town.
The Selfish objection is that it would bear hard
on the Maritime Counties if reimbursd out of
the County store but the inhabitants of such
Counties would not wish them to be Inland
Counties. They have certainly
superior Benefits by such salva-
tion from Exports and Imports
Rich Travellers, Trade and
Manufacturers and those Men-
dicant Travellers must have relief as well in the
Inland Counties also they necessarily pass through
from Port to Port at any considerable distance.

Some Members
of Parliament
may fear to
express such
sentiment.

These Papers should express a Time allowd for such Rout and be alterd every 3 or 4 Months with marks, Information thereof circulated to each Justice or Magistrate of Towns within each County and on producing to another County the Pass of that County with their peculiar Marks of that County to transmit them further on their Journey to Port or Home. For I have met with passes that serve not only many Months but years with a very little alteration or Forgery and

some indigent Scribes have established offices for such Forgery.

The misapplied Charity to the encouragement of Robbery and Murder and Expenditure for Removals and on Litigation for Settlements would suffice for a great deal more than the Real Wants or even present Poor Rate and prevent the Diminution of Subjects by Executions and Transportation which is remarked to have little or no effect as still appears more to suffer such Penalty year after year.

Thinking I might have an opportunity of men-
tioning the within matter to your Lordship on
your usual visit to Lord Fortescue when his
observations perhaps might corroberate my
assertions I omitted the sending my Thoughts as
within written now take this opportunity of
enclosing with the other Memorial and hope your
Lordship will excuse any incorrectness or im-
propriety therein by
My Lord

Yours Lordship most Obedient and
Humble Servant,

DENYS ROLLE.

H. WILSON HOLMAN, F.S.A., M.I.M.E.

AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740.

(See 12 S. ii. passim; iii. 46, 103, 267, 354, 408, 438; vi. 184, 233, 242, 290, 329; vii. 83, 125, 146, 165, 187, 204, 265, 308, 327, 365, 423; viii. 6, 46.)

The next regiment (p. 73) was raised in Edinburgh in 1689 originally called "Leven's," or the Edinburgh Regiment-by the Earl of Leven and other Scottish noblemen and gentlemen who had been refugees in Holland during the reign of James II. It was later designated :

1751. The 25th Regiment of Foot;

1782. The 25th (or The Sussex) Regiment of Foot;

1805. The 25th (or King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot;
1881. The King's Own Borderers;

1887. The King's Own Scottish Borderers,

(1) John Leslie, th Earl of Rothes; became Colonel of the 2nd Horse Grenadier Guards, Apr. 25 1745, and of the 2nd Dragoons, Jan. 17, 1750. Died Dec. 10, 1767: See D.N.B.'

(2) Sixth son of Sir Thomas Kennedy, Kt., of Dunure, Ayrshire; became Colonel of the 43rd Foot, Feb. 7, 1745/6; Major-General, Jan. 28, 1756; Lieut.-General, 1761. Died 1761.

(3) Lieut.-Colonei. 37th Foot, Mar. 27, 1742. Killed in the battle of Falkirk, Jan. 17, 1746. (4) Now spelled Cunynghame. Second son of Sir David C., Bart., of Milncraig, Ayrshire; Lieutenant-Colonel, Feb. 25, 1745/6. Succeeded his brother James as 3rd Baronet in 1747; became Colonel of the 57th Foot, Mar. 22, 1757; Major-General, June 28, 1759; Lieut.-General, Jan. 19, 1761. Died Oct. 10, 1767. Guards, as Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, Feb. 7, 1747 ; became and of the 40th Foot, Dec. 10, 1760; Major-General, June 25, Governor of Landguard Fort from May 25, 1768, until his

(5) To the 1st Regiment of Foot Colonel of the 65th Foot, Apr. 2, 1758, 1759; Lieut.-General, Jan. 19, 1761. death on Mar. 18, 1770, aged 68.

The following additional names are entered in ink on the interleaf :

(8) Ensign, Oct. 29, 1726; Major, Oct. 4, 1754; Lieut.-Colonel, Mar. 22, 1757. (9) Captain, Feb. 25, 1745/6.

(10) Captain-Lieutenant, Jan. 22, 1755.

(11) Captain, July 4, 1749.

(12) Lieutenant, July 1, 1740.

(13) Lieutenant, Mar. 13, 1740/1.

(14) Captain, July 4, 1749; Major, Mar. 22, 1757.

J. H. LESLIE, Lieut.-Colonel (Retired List). ! (To be continued.)

AMONG THE SHAKESPEARE ARCHIVES.
(See ante, pp. 23, 45, 66.)
THE TOWN CLERK'S PIG.

ALLOWANCE must be made at this time for
people's tempers, including that of the old
Town Clerk.
Richard Symons had a
grievance against the wife of Christopher
Smith, glover and whittawer-not to be
confused with Christopher Court, alias
Smith, yeoman and kinsman of the new
Steward. Christopher Smith, glover and
whittawer, interests us as being of the
same craft as John Shakespeare and there-
fore known to him. Besides being a glover
and whittawer he kept, as John Shakespeare
did not, an alehouse. He was a respected
man, who had served at least once on the
the Jury of Frankpledge, but like other

respected townsmen he had been fined for breach of the bye-laws-for allowing his dog to go unmuzzled, making a sterquinarium by the Mere side (where perhaps he lived) and permitting gambling in his house. On Feb. 28, 1560-which was Ash Wednesday and a day of sorrow-his dog bit the Town Clerk's pig. Even the Town Clerk had his delinquencies. On more than one occasion he had been fined for suffering his pig to wander in the streets. The pig in question was a particularly fine beast, valued at thirteen shillings and fourpence. It was deliberately worried, the old gentleman alleged, at the instigation of Christopher Smith's wife, Margaret. She

Coach.
M.
Carriers.
M. F. S.

M. Th.

T.

W.

F.

S.

Birmingham.

Birmingham.

Chester, Denbigh, Drayton, St.
Asaph, Shrewsbury, Stafford,
Whitchurch, Newport (Salop).
Newcastle (Staffs.).

Litchfield [sic].

Leverpool, Stockport.

had the dog on a chain and set him upon the Castle and Falcon : Aldersgate Street.
pig, with the result that after lingering in
pain (languebat) until Mar. 4, which was a
Monday, the pig expired. On this day,
however, Margaret Smith, instead of ex-
pressing regret at what had occurred, added
insult to injury by making use of the
following words, in English
English (Anglice),
"Richard Symons' wife did steal our gander.
This abominable charge was too much for
the old officer, verus et fidelis legens Dominae
Reginae et sic apud omnes graves homines et
fideles subditos ejusdem Reginae a tempore
nativitatis suae et ita inter omnes notos et
vicinos suos acceptus, datus et reputatus,
"the true and faithful liegeman of our lady the
Queen, and among all grave men and faithful sub-
jects of the same Queen from the time of his birth
and among all his acquaintance and neighbours ac-
cepted, allowed and well-reputed,'

who forthwith proceeded to claim damages
in the Court of Record, 13s. 4d. for his pig
and 30s. for his wife.

Three months later, on May 29, Richard Symons in his turn made a serious charge in public against the new resident at New Place. "You may see," he said, in scorn, "what honesty is in William Bott, that hath taken forty pence of Holloway to be a counsel with him against Rawlins, and now hath made Rawlins play against Holloway, of his own handwriting, and that I will justify." From what we know of William Bott, Symons was not far wrong in his estimate of the Cloptons' agent. On June 1, three days after Symons' speech, Bott was at Snitterfield, making the inventory of the goods of Henry Coles, the village blacksmith, with old Richard Shakespeare.

EDGAR I. FRIPP.

(To be continued.)

LONDON COACHING AND CARRIERS

INNS IN 1732.

Brickhill, Cranfield, Knotsford [sic],
Macclesfield, Rugby.

Dulwich.

Catherine Wheel: Bishopsgate Without.
Coaches.
Every day.
W. S.
Carriers.
M. W. F.

Th. :.

Stretham [sic], Siddenham [sic].

Broxburn, Cheshunt, Hertford,
Wormley. T. Golden.
Chatris (? Chatteris). F. Ashwell.
*Chequer: Charing Cross.
Flying Coach.

M. W. F. Bath, Bristol.
Coaches.

T. Th. S. Hampton Court.
*Coach and Horses: Charing Cross.

Coaches.

Every day in summer.
T. Th. S. Chertsey.

Epsom.

Coach and Horses: Against Somerset House.

(See ante, p. 61.)

T. Th. S.

Witham.

Castle Smithfield.

Carriers.

Greyhound: Smithfield.

Flying coaches.

T. Th. S. Buntingford, Haddam, Hoddesdon, Greyhound: Southwark.