72 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9-s. vi. JULY 28, im Bunhill Fields, 30 March, 1724, when most of the watchmakers in London were present. EVEBARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road. LAMBETH DEGREES (2nd S. i. 271, 318, 400, 421; iii 48, 276, 354 ; v. 149; ix. 223; x. 325 ; xii. 45C, 466, 529 ; 3rd S. i. 36, 133, 175, 238, 254, 336; iii. 426, 460; v. 481 ; vi. 55 : x. 196, 233, 328, 452 ; 4"' S. iv. 534 ; v. 597; 5* 8. xi. 345, 378; 6th S. v. 266, 335 ; ix. 286 ; xi. 164 ; 7th S. i. 106, 185, 254, 358 ; iii. 85).—In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1864 (vol. ccxvi. pp. 636, 770) there appears a list or Lambeth graduates for the period between 1539 and 1848. (See also pp. 274, 504, 772, of the same volume; ccxvii. pp. 87, 91, 130, 266; ccxviii. p. 224.) On p. 266 of vol. ccxvii. it is promised that thelist" will becontinuedatintervals," but I fail to trace such a continuation. M.A.OxoN. gives the names of the graduates of 1881 in 'N. & Q.,' 6th S. v. 266 ; of 1882 in vii. (? not indexed); of 1883 in ix. 286 ; of 1884 in xi. 164; of 1885 in 7th S. i. 106 ; and of 1886 in iii. 85. Have the names of the graduates of 1849-80 and 1887-99 been made public] If not, any one having access to the register would confer a benefit on readers of ' N. & Q.,' if not on the graduates themselves, by con- tributing to its columns the list for the missing years. P. J. ANDERSON. LIGHTS OF BAGLAKE, DORSET (9th S. v. 356). —Much information respecting this family will be found in ' N. & Q.,' 7th 8. vii. 208, 292. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road. "BRANCH" (9th S. v. 436).— Time out of mind the full certificate granted to a Tyne pilot has been known by this name. Before obtaining his " branch ' the pilot obtained an "acting order" which restricted him to pilot vessels below a certain tonnage. R. B-R. The late Admiral Smyth, in his 'Sai Word - Book,' 1867, says " branch " is the diploma of those pilots who have passed at the Trinity House as competent to navigate vessels in particular channels or rivers This explanation is also given in Falconer's 'Marine Dictionary,' enlarged by Dr. Burney London, 1815. Annandale adopts the same meaning, but adds it is a term used in Ame rica in the .same sense. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road. ElGHTEENTH-CENTURYSpORTIN(;RECORD(9t S. v. 495). — The oldest authentic racing records are, as might be expected, to be found in th porting North. John Orton's "results" of races at York date from 1709—seventy years >efore the first Oaks or Derby. Newmarket las great traditions, but the actual records seem rather scanty. The Town Plate was nstituted by Charles II. in 1664: and one would think that, while the excellent "con- litions" for its running are preserved, the results would surely not be forgotten. The Racing Calendar' (1745) and the ' Sporting Kalendar' (1756, 'Calendar' in 1771)are early sporting papers quoted by Rice in his ' His- tory of the Turf.' Weatherby's classic ' Racing Jalendar ' was first issued in 1773, the ' Turf Almanack' in 1794, and the'Turf Register' n 1803. Probably these papers were con- cerned with racing only. At any rate, the Sporting Magazine, according to Box's Cricket,' announced itself as a compre- lensive novelty in 1792 :— " It has long excited pur astonishment that among the magazines which have hitherto been ushered into the world not one had been expressly calculated for the sportsman." The " officiaK" recognition of cricket probably 'onued the chief difference. The Sporting Magazine ran toi^ many years with deserved success. In 1824 -Nim South, one of its chief contributors, begah the New Sporting Maga- zine. The SportsmMs Magazine, alluded to by M.F.H., may havfc been the Sportsman's Annual (1836). The tuVf histories of White and of Rice might well ibe consulted. GEORGE MARSHALL. Sefton Park, Liverpool. >. I possess small I2mo. 'facing Calendars,' lettered " Horse Racing," 1730-68; then begins a ' Sporting Calendar,' 1769--J74. 1773 is the first year of the ' Racing Calendar,' now pub- lished by Messrs. Weatherby. '^Horse Racing' was edited by various people. I-have also two odd volumes of Ponds 'Caleni-lar' for 1754 and 1757. fcyHERBORNE. Reginald Heber's ' Historical List of Horse- Matches run, and of Plates and Prizes run for in Great Britain and Ireland,' waA published annually, beginning with 1751, an'd continu- ing for many years thereafter. W. C. B. THE ORDER OF Avis (9th S. v. 457).—In 1143 or 1147 several noble Portuguese) formed themselves into a military fraternity which they named " The New Knighthood " (or " The New Militia "). In 1162 the association was converted into a spiritual order, bound to chastity awl mercy, to the maintenance of the Catholic faith, to the defence of the country against the Moors, and to the observance of the rules of the Benedictine and Cistercian monks; also to
