168 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 S. X. MAR. 4, 1922,
gariter nuncupatum le Grymys Medow, cum communi pastura unius equi et 4 de le sowmoys in dicta villa de Cavertoun.
What were these? Q. V.
THE " HAND AND PEN." In a collection
of letters written to India in 1703 I have
found one dated " London Bell Yard
Gracechurch Street from the Hand and
Pen llth March 1702/3." I do not see the
" Hand and Pen " in either of MB. DE
CASTRO'S lists of eighteenth-century inns and
coffee-houses. Is anything known of it ?
L. M. ANSTEY.
NICHOLAS HILLIABD. A few years ago
an article appeared in one of the archaeo-
logical journals or elsewhere showing that
Nicholas Hilliard, the miniaturist, was finan-
cially interested in a gold -mining venture in
Scotland. I should be glad of the exact
reference. B. S. L.
"THE BALL AND MOUTH." In one of
Byron's letters, just published, he describes
the appearance of the superannuated " In-
fant Roscius," in 1812. " His face like the
ball and mouth on the panels of a heavy
coach." What was this " ball and mouth,"
and does it shed any light on the question
whether the old sign of the ** Bull and Mouth "
was really a corruption of " Boulogne
Mouth " ? I should be glad if any of your
readers can enlighten me.
FBASEB BADDELEY.
" THE PARLEB WITHIN THE MANOB
PLACE." In a deed of 1535, Anthony Daston
obtains from the Abbot of Pershore a lease
of certain lands, including " the farm of all
the houses, buildings, &c., belonging to the
Manor of Broadway with the two Sheepcotes
and with the Parler and the -Chamber to the
same adjacent, in the house of the Manor
aforesaid."
In a large corpus of documents in the
Public Record Office relating to a lawsuit in
the year 1541 about this lease, " the Parler
within the Manor place of Broadway and
the Chamber thereunto adjoining " are again
mentioned.
In the will of Anthony Daston, dated 1572,
he devises to Thomas Porter " the house of
the Parsonage of Hinton, the Parlef and
adjacent Chamber excepted."
The phrase " the Parler and Chamber ad-
jacent " is somewhat puzzling. Were these,
in pre-Reformation times, expressly reserved
for the use of the priest ? E. A. B. B.
" SELF-HELP." I am with all humility
writing an addendum to Samuel Smiles's
' Self -Help,' which I think I have practically
completed with the exception of the Indus-
trial section.
Could any reader supply me with parti-
culars of Englishmen that is Britishers
who from humble beginnings have become
"captains of industry"? I am anxious
to get right up to date, including men
who are still living. Also I should be
glad of particulars as to existing biographies-
or autobiographies, if any.
(MBS.) MARGARET HOPKINS.
ADDISON'S ' SPECTATOB.' There is an
edition " printed for J. and R. Tonson
and S. Draper " with frontispiece illustra-
tions " F. Hayman delin." and " C.
Grignion sculp." What is the date of this
edition ? S.
HENRY SIDDONS. I am told that Henry
Siddons (1774-1815), son of the famous
Sarah Siddons, wrote some poems. If so,
were these embodied in his plays or issued
separately ? Was he author of a poem
entitled ' The Triumphs of Commerce r
(about 1793) ? If so, does it contain any
memorable or poetical passages ?
RUSSELL MABKLAND.
FBANCIS REDFEBN. Can anyone give-
biographical particulars of this historian
of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, dates of birth
and death, &c. He wrote ' Dove Valley
Rhymes/ 1875. Does this little book
contain any poems of merit ?
RUSSELL MABKLAND.
REFUSAL TO KOTOW. On two occasions
I have come across an allusion to an ac-
count of an English private who, being
brought before- some Eastern potentate,
I think the Emperor of China, was told
to enter the presence in the local manner,
refusal entailing dteath. The private re-
fused and was killed.
I would be much obEged by being referred
to the original account of this episode.
F. A. S.
CADBY. A contemporary account of the
International Exhibition of 1862 mentions
among its features " Cadby's grand piano ' r
and Distin's band. Distin's name survived
to a later date, but who was Cadby, and 1
was he maker of or player upon the grand
piano ? Was his career connected with the-
Hall of that name, now the headquarters
of well-known caterers ? W. B. H.
