276 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io" s. iv. SEPT. 30, UK&. In view of the greatly altered aspect of the Strand, it would be interesting to know in what part of that thoroughfare the house then numbered 301 was situated ; whether the period comprised within the years 1778-81, given in the editorial note, was the whole time of Sanderson's business con- nexion therewith, or whether he removed in the latter year; or if his occupancy was ended by death or some other cause. The history of the Strand will have to be written some day, and such particulars will be very useful. W. E. HAELAND-OXLEY. Westminster. I think the above personage is identical •with the Henry Sanderson of the parish of St. Clement Danes, administration of whose goods was granted to his widow, Christian Sanderson, on 15 January, 1785. CHAS. H. CROUCH. 5, Grove Villas, Wanstead. BISHOPS' SIGNATURES : THEIR PUNCTUA- TION (10lh S. iii. 487 ; iv. 55).—It appears to me that the fact of an archbishop using a period, colon, or semicolon to indicate that a word is abbreviated, is not in any way an authority for the customary or correct use. The illustrations MR. HOWARD COLLINS gives go back to 1877 ; now in 1600 Archbishop Whitgift wrote "Jo : Cantuar : " Previous to this date, when he used "Cant "for "Cant- uariensis," he did not always use either a colon or period as a symbol of contraction. In Whitgift's ' Defense of the Answers to the Admonition,'printed in 1674, we find "Jo." with a period as the abbreviation sign. A hundred yearsafterwards Archbishop Sheldon signed " Gilb. Cant." making the period serve the duty of a contraction mark. In a document preserved by the Warden of Whit- gift's Hospital, Croydon, the benefactor mentioned therein was Mr. Ed ward Ayl worth, and that gentleman in 1597 signed his name " Ed : Aylworth," using a colon as an abbre- ago. The house has been variously called Newland, Newland House, Great Newland, Newlands, and Newland Park. MR. ABRAHAMS says that the house at New- lands is evidently of a much later date than 1807. I believe that Thomas Allen imme- diately on purchasing the house made the alterations and additions to which the house owes its present appearance. The story of its having belonged to Abraham Newland probably arises merely from the similarity of name. H. A. HARBEX. Newland Park, Chalfont St. Giles. To MR. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN'S in- teresting note relative to Abraham Newland may be added some remarks that occur in an article upon 'Highbury' in The Islington Gazelle for 22 August : — " The houses in Highbury Place were built in 1779 by John Spiller, who lived and died at No. 39, next door to Abraham Newland. These house* were first let at from 341. to 367. per annum. It is said of Mr. Newland that, though quite a rich man — he left 200.00W. — he lived in the most economical fashion. When he left the Bank of Kngland through declining health, he was offered a pension, but declined it. He, however, consented to accept a service of plate, valued at l.OOW.— ' as a tribute of respect for long and faithful service' — but did not live to receive it. By his will he left the interest on (JO.OOW. and cash ,5,0001.) to his housekeeper. The remainder of his fortune was divided between his relatives, who were mostly in necessitous circumstances." HARRY HEMS. Fair Park, Exeter. HAROLD II. AND THE ROYAL HOUSES OK ENGLAND, DENMARK, AND RUSSIA (10"1 S. iv. 188).— The following passage from ' The Historic of Great Britaine under the Con- gests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, <fec.,' by John Speed, third edition, 1632, p. 411, will, I think, answer your cor- respondent's question : — viation sign. Thornton Heath. ALFRED CHAS. JONAS. "NEWLANDS," CHALFONT ST. PETER (10th S. iv. 148, 213).—There appears to be no foundation for the statement that this was the seat of Abraham Newland. The title- deeds show that in 1659 Newland House was sold to Thomas Saunders, in whose family it remained until 1754, when it was sold to Henry Thomas Gott (afterwards knighted). Sir Henry Gott appears to have lived in the house until his death, which took place either in 1808 or 1809. In 1812 the house was sold by his representatives to Thomas Allen, in Whose family it remained until a few years " Another daughter of King Harold, not by any Story-writer of our owne natio', is men- tioned by Saxo Gramaticus, in his Danish history. to haue come into Denmark, with her twobrethre : to haue bin very honourably entertained by King Swain the yongsr, her kinsman, and afterward! Ic haue bin an honourably placed in manage with Gereslef, called in latin larislaues, and of the Dane* Waldemar, King of the Russia's : k by him to haue had a daughter, that was ye mother of Waldemar. the first of that name King of Denmark, from whom all the Danish Kings for many ages alK* succeeded." RUVIGXT. Galway Cottage, Chertsey. GALLOWS OF ALABASTER (10th S. iv. 189)-- My friend Comm. Giacomo Boni, the director of the excavations at the Roman Forum, who is a Venetian, suggests that by the " marvel-
